Monday's program has a few pieces I've never seen-- "Southern Harmony" by Donald Grantham and "Shindig" by Don Gillis. Grantham wrote "Jai ete au bal" with the big nasty tuba solo, but I've never even heard of "Southern Harmony" until I looked at the program just now. Don't know beans about Gillis.
The bone solo is sweet. There's nothing wrong with the good ol' Carmen Dragon, either. Especially in a gym.
Little Rock- played at First Pentecostal Church. HUGE! Musta been 2500 people there. Great turn from the area band faithful. This morning the quartet played at U. of Arkansas for the students of Ben Pierce. Any time you get college kids out of bed on a Saturday morning, you'd better start off strong. What better than Mike Forbes' "Consequences"! Great studio, thanks for having us out.
Next stop for the quartet will be at Western Carolina U. on Friday afternoon.
Dyersburg TN. Tornado sirens, what's next? Nasty weather my friends....
6 shows left, the end is in sight, hopefully in the good way, not the bad.
Going to cower in the bathroom now...
JC
" Was this adjustment a concious effort, or just a natural adjustment from being "playing-in-gyms" experts?"
Musta been subconscious(at this point in the tour, many things are).
Thiele was talking about a possible visit to Newbern's biggest industrial landmark- the Jimmy Dean sausage factory! Well, that fell through when the sirens started howling.
Another good crowd in Union City tonight, tomorrow, Nashville.
Thanks for making the trek....
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No B-52 effects from the tubas?!? What's the deal? Are you guys playing in tune again??? We'll have to nip this in the bud right away. Don't worry, you'll be home to your lovely sousaphones in just a few short days. I know you can't wait to see them.
It's funny how things work out, isn't it? The Jimmy Dean sausage factory and the Slim-Fast headquarters a mere 30 minutes apart. Go figure.
As acoustically dreadful as a gymnasium can be, it's almost always easier to set up and perform a concert where there's lots of space than on the high schools' tiny auditorium stage with the tuba section back behind the velvet curtains on stage right. I've played a tour concert where I could not see the podium, nor most of the first row of band members. You can take it to the bank that when the big velvet curtain is literally draped over your bell, there ain't any sound making out to the audience. Oh well, what are you gonna do?
B-52's are jet propelled, perhaps the B-17 or B-24 or B-29 would spark the image a bit better.(Bloke, I assume you meant the unsynched propellor phenomenon). However, the Glinka often feels like the musical equivalent of carpet-bombing(drop lots of smaller notes,...er, bombs...-and you're bound to hit something.... )
No one heading home that I know of, that's a long-a@@ed drive only to turn around and leave for the final show on Sunday morning. Gettin' together with Dr. Dennis and the UNCG folks after tonight's show. Yesterday, a 4tet show for the Western Carolina studio. Good bunch of kids in a real purty mountain setting. Clean livin' my friends! However, I can see how Eric Rudolph(Olympic bomber) evaded capture for so long out here. The word remote comes to mind....
To all the tubenetters that we've met these last 48 days, thanks for coming out. Definitely a great addition to our routine. Next stop, Ft. Myer in January. All should hit that show, Tommy H. busts out the Buescher heli(or the Yamahammmerslammer) with the Army Blues!
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