[Dixielandjazz] Blind efficiency

[Chuck Kercher]

John Teachout lead me to a gig in Detroit and then back to his house when I
first met him. Wonderful guy and great musician. You forgot to mention,
Charlie, that John also built (builds?) furniture with power tools?????? He
also was a wonder to behold in his recording studio when he was operating
the studio.chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Hooks" <charliehooks@earthlink.net>
To: "DJML Dixieland Jazz" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:55 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Blind efficiency


> on 11/2/02 1:09 PM, Nancy Giffin at nancyink@ulink.net wrote:
>
> > George Buck is blind. He
> > said that one time, he went to see George in New Orleans, and no matter
what
> > he asked for, George was able to walk straight to it in that huge
warehouse
> > of Jazzology Records. They went upstairs to find something, and my
friend
> > had to say, "George, for Chr_st's sake! Turn on some f_cking lights!!!"
>
>
>     John Teachout, the fine banjo/guitarist/trombonist from Ann Arbor,
> Michigan, was blinded during WWII but had so overcome his affliction that
it
> was often difficult to remember he was blind, and you'd find yourself in a
> cloak room asking John to "Hey, man, hand me my coat."
>
>     One night 5 of us are travelling to a gig up really out in the
> boondocks, a rural road through a forest with absolutely no light at all,
> and sure enough we get a flat.  No flashlight.  Matches soon depleted.
The
> guys are rumbling around in the trunk, trying to find the jack, stepping
all
> over each other in the dark, when we hear this laugh start up.  John is
> cackling.
>
>     "No lights?  Aw, you poor poor guys!  What a buncha helpless...OK,
move
> out of my way..."  And within 15 minutes John had the car jacked up, the
> wheel off and the spare on, car back down--and we still haven't seen him
do
> it.  We all pile back into the car and John keeps muttering, "What would
you
> guys do without me?"
>
>     One of my favorite memories.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
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