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Who played in the movie "Grumpy Old Men"?
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:30 pm
by tubaguy9
I was watching the movie, "Grumpy Old Men" yesterday, and the ending has a polka-ish ending. If it was a more modern movie, I'd guess that eiter Jim Self or Tommy Johnson played for it, but it's an older movie, so I don't know...thought maybe someone else knew...
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:41 pm
by SRanney
More modern? The movie only came out in 1993! Jeez, I didn't know that the early 90's were old already!
Both TJ and JS have (I believe) been playing in studio gigs for some time now and if pressed for an answer, I would say it were one of the two.
The 90s? Old? Dang...
SR
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:02 pm
by Sean Greene
SRanney wrote:
The 90s? Old? Dang...
SR
You are officially a fogey, Little Ranney.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:48 pm
by TubaRay
Sean Greene wrote:SRanney wrote:
The 90s? Old? Dang...
SR
You are officially a fogey, Little Ranney.
Welcome to the club!
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:35 pm
by tubaguy9
TubaRay wrote:Sean Greene wrote:SRanney wrote:
The 90s? Old? Dang...
SR
You are officially a fogey, Little Ranney.
Welcome to the club!
Not calling it old...
a. I wasn't sure how old the thing was, and
b. I wasn't sure how long Johnson and Self have been playing for Hollywood.
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:12 pm
by Bandmaster
harold wrote:I wasn't sure how long Johnson and Self have been playing for Hollywood.
Correct answer is forever.
Well, forever goes back to at least 1976. I was at Long Beach State that fall and getting lessons from Jim Self at that time. He and Tommy were the lead guys in the studios then. I remember Jim telling me about the tuba ensemble used for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind. If I remeber correctly he said it was made up of himself, Tommy, Roger Bobo and the euphonium player that I just can't remember his name. Jim said they were the "L.A. Tuba Quartet."
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:25 pm
by Norm Pearson
I remember Jim telling me about the tuba ensemble used for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. If I remeber correctly he said it was made up of himself, Tommy, Roger Bobo and the euphonium player that I just can't remember his name. Jim said they were the "L.A. Tuba Quartet."
I believe the three tuba players on Close Encounters were Tommy Johnson, Jim Self and the late Ray Segal. Ray doubled on String Bass/Tuba in the studios for many years. He passed away seven or eight years ago.
Norm Pearson