[Dixielandjazz] gig bags

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

Actually she did calm down after a while and I did talk with her for a few
minutes when the plane landed.  I did introduce myself and assured her that
I had been very careful and that I had recognized what it was.  I did let
her know that  I had an aversion to gig bags because horns can get damaged
easily.  She did turn out to be OK.

I have a semi soft Selmer tray pack case for my alto and it's prone to
damage the horn if I'm not careful.  That's why I got it in the first place.
The AF threw out all of those cases because they just couldn't take being
thrown into the back of trucks with everything else.  I really have a low
opinion of gig bags.  A friend of mine got a new Selmer alto and a brand new
gig bag.  Someone left it on the driveway behind the car and it got
flattened like a beer can.  This was the first night out too.

The guys at the repair shop think of them as their best friend.

Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 4:36 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Larry's Back


> Larry wrote:
> Coming home on the plane the woman in front of me screached at me to not
put
> my carryon in the compartment because she had her french horn there.  I
told
> her sorry I had just converted it to a cornet.  She failed to see the
humor
> of it all.
>
>
> I'm surprised she didn't recognize you as being musically knowledgeable by
> your comment & strike up a conversation with you!  Anyway, maybe it was
> better she didn't, going by her reaction to your opening the compartment.
>
> I've found returning (to the U.S.) Americans to be really difficult on
> planes.  I prefer the foreign carriers to the cultural shock of mounting a
> U.S. flag carrier where the ratio of Americans tends to be higher.  Even
the
> crewmembers seem very brash after the way service people behave in Europe
> (or at least in Spain).  Once I said "Miss" to a U.S.stewardess as she was
> going up the aisle of the plane.  She turned and shouted at me "can't you
> see I'm busy?"   A real shocker!
>
> The greatest line is when a returning to the States American takes a sip
of
> that awful brew they make on the airlines and says "finally, a proper cup
of
> coffee!"  I've heard it over & over.  That's after they've been in "coffee
> heaven" for their whole vacation (if they were in Spain).
>
> Come on over (take a foreign carrier for a nice segue from U.S. to Europe
> culture), have some good coffee & come hear our band.  Better yet, call me
> first & I'll join you all for coffee.
>
> Cheers, Jim
>
>
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