[Dixielandjazz] Players Passing Out

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

I always thought it was my solos that  knocked them out.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 3:15 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Players Passing Out


> Charlie Hooks posted an interesting article in which was mentioned that
> players sometime pass out. Especially trumpet players.
>
> That "back pressure" will get you every time. :-) VBG
>
> Passing out occurs among other instrumentalists also. Sometimes because of
> alcohol and sometimes . . . because of smoking a joint  earlier, which I
> think, lowers one's blood pressure causing the smoker to faint.
>
> So too, did heroin cause nodding off in the old days when many musicians
> experimented with it. No doubt, Charlie, like many of us, can relate some
> funny stories about waking guys up in the middle of a number.
>
> How did we manage to survive, Charlie?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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