in this situation - Is it better not to play at all, or do this?
Re: If you don't know the song,
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:07 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
David Richoux wrote:in this situation - Is it better not to play at all, or do this?
I'd say this is a situation where "first do no harm" applies! As one of my conductors puts it, "you can affect the sound of the group in two ways -- you can make it better, or you can make it worse. Don't make it worse."
Re: If you don't know the song,
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:40 pm
by David Richoux
Yes - if he had laid out, it would have pretty much been just an accordion solo - since nobody else on the front line was playing at all!
It is maybe a bit unfair for the MC to call a tune for the band, but they do have an extensive history - many LPs from The Cletus Goblirsch Band.
Re: If you don't know the song,
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:14 am
by Dan Schultz
I simply cannot imagine a German band NOT knowing Cuckoo Waltz!
Re: If you don't know the song,
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:42 am
by bigtubby
Doesn't sound as if that jug band had listened to / cared about / was capable of the source material.
Re: If you don't know the song,
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:09 am
by Donn
David Richoux wrote:in this situation - Is it better not to play at all, or do this?
He's doing the "cuckoo" part!
Re: If you don't know the song,
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:45 pm
by Pat S
David Richoux wrote:in this situation - Is it better not to play at all, or do this?
