Cool story. Jason
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 09:57, Glenn Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, I'm a brand newbie on the list, joining just a couple of days > ago, and I'm sure glad I did ... thanks, Mr. Bug, for putting this together > ... > > First, I do own the Jack Tottle book, and would be happy to make > "Catnip" available to whoever wants it ... I suspect posting a scan of it in > the Files section is not the way to go--don't want to make copyright > trouble--so please advise me if there's a better way to handle this, but I > will be glad to snail-mail a copy to anyone who wants to contact me offlist > ... > > My own Wank Frakefield story: several years ago I saw him gig here in > the Boston area, accompanied by Skip Gorman ... having never seen him > before, the goofiness kind of took me by surprise, but the show was great > ... at intermission he was standing by the CD table, still holding his axe > ... having never seen a vintage Lloyd Loar up close (much less one allegedly > cooked in an oven), I was eyeballing it with interest when he suddenly > thrust it into my hands and told me to play it ... shocked and amazed, I > stammered that oh no, I couldn't presume, but he insisted that I take it ... > so with slightly shaking hands I noodled on it a little and gave it back to > him as fast as I could, my nervousness shared in equal parts between holding > an actual Loar in my hands, and playing mandolin in front of Frank Wakefield > ... > > --Scotty (excited about seeing Andy Stat here in town next week with > Trischka, Matt Glaser, et al.) > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
