[Dixielandjazz] Re: Cloddish bass players

[Bill Haesler]

Dear Butch, John and all,
Many years ago a Sydney banjo player/vocalist (a jazz identity who shall
remain nameless at this stage) who suffers from industrial deafness
regularly used an amplifier for his own benefit.
Each night before a gig, after tuning up, he adjusted the amp audio level by
turning it up until he heard 'feedback', then dropped the level a notch.
One evening the clarinet player in the group noticed this and, as our mate
was adjusting his amp, duplicated the 'feedback' note, prompting
readjustments down until the audio level was almost back to zero.
After the first bracket the banjo player, puzzled by the fact that he could
not hear himself, turned up the amp volume.
But the clarinet player was waiting.
By the third bracket however, he was caught out.
Laughter all round -  including the banjo player.
Very kind regards,
Bill.