[Dixielandjazz] Help mes amis

[AAngusallan at aol.com]

Thanks also to Sheik.  Very kind of you guys to help.  Hey - no anti-women 
joke intended!  The words came to me from (I think) a Louis Jordan number.  In 
any case, my wife could make mincemeat of me any day.  Plenty of gigs down this 
way on the edge of the Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain.  Mostly 
weddings and suchlike, but people seem really keen on Dixieland jazz.  Le Rural 
Jazz Band is a strictly semi-pro outfit, but the trombonist is a professor of 
music who runs the music college in the nearby town of Saint Gaudens.  He 
plays a stack of instruments, and I would never be surprised if he blew up the 
exhaust pipe of his automobile and beautiful sounds came out through the carb.  
The rest are an assortment - banjo is a teacher with underprivileged kids, 
soprano sax is a judge.  Bass player is a millionaire quarry owner, and the 
drummer (usually washboard, because it's easier to set up and pack up) is in 
insurance.  Me?  Ex comic strip writer.  Salutations to one and all - it's a real 
pleasure to be part of this list.  Angus (or Baldy, or Cue-Ball, or whatever 
else you like).