[Dixielandjazz] Bob Schulz & Bill Sargent Concert

[BillSargentDrums at aol.com]

<<Did anyone on the list get to this concert?  How was it?  I was hoping to 
go but had
very pressing matters that kept me away.

Thanks,
best wishes,
boblynn
bobolink7736 at aol.com>>

This was a fantastic concert. The church had great acoustics and the setting 
was perfect.

They set up chairs to accomodate 250, but well over 300 showed up. So more 
chairs went into the aisles, people stood around the perimiter and sat on the 
floor down front.

The band was set on the alter with choir pews on either side facing center. 
When the place filled up the began to fill the choir pews.

We had Kim Cusack on clarinet, Tom Bartlett on trombone, John Cooper on piano 
and Gordy Lofgren on string bass. I used my highly prized, (and rarely taken 
out of the studio), custom recording drums for this special event. (You can 
view this rare set of drums on my website . . . they're the all-green ones)

Bob was pumped as well as was the crowd. For both Bob and I this was a 
special homecoming and reunion with many friends from our past.

The band perfromed magnificiently. One attending clarinetist said it was the 
best live music he's ever heard. One of Bob's longtime fans said it was his 
best concert ever.

We did two hour and fifteen minute sets with a half hour break for fresh 
strawberry shortcake and lemonade.

I recorded the concert, but have yet to review the recording. (Been very busy 
lately with no let-up until later in August.)

If the recording turns out well, we'll release a CD of it all.

Sorry this took so long to answer.
Bill
414-777-0100
BillSargentBands.com