[Dixielandjazz] Loaded in Lodi

[Bob Romans]

Hey ya'll! Dan can play in my band anytime! He's a great tuba player! When 
we played one of our most requested tunes, the famous Mexican march and the 
favorite march of the bandit Pancho Villa, ZACATECAS...the building shook 
with those two powerful bass horns back there...both of them huge recording 
tubas! You had to be there...
Banjoists Kurt Abell and Dave Frey were there also, and played a beautiful 
and touching tribute to a very fine banjo player who had just passed 
away...Larry Kennedy, who lost a ten year battle with cancer on October 17. 
He was in their trio, "The Three Plectrums"...very sad! Larry had frequently 
played in Cell Block 7, and was a very talented musician and a fine 
gentleman...SO SAD!!
Larry's memorial service will be at 2 pm, Saturday, November 12, at the Oak 
Avenue Methodist Church, 8790 Oak Avenue,
Orangevale, California.
Yes, and The Lodi Beer Company was filled to capacity, and people were 
having to be turned away because of no more tables! I think it must have 
been because I emailed all of our "followers", (all 6 of them!), and told 
them Dan Augustine would be visiting! BTW! He added three more names to his 
list of beers and ales he's recycled through his kidneys since 1982~he does 
keep a list... 1000 plus!
Warm regards,
Bob Romans,
Cell Block 7 Jazz Band
1617 Lakeshore Dr.
Lodi, Ca. 95242
209-339-4676
www.cellblockseven2002.net
Cell 209-747-1148
Because I play trumpet, I envy no one.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Cc: "Isaeff, Gene" <gisaeff at vom.com>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 4:39 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Loaded in Lodi


> Folks--
>     As part of my self-imposed thrashing around in northern California 
> between the Turk Murphy tribute-concert last Sunday and my 45th high 
> school reunion on the 28th, i stopped by the unaccountably unwary Bob 
> Romans on Wednesday in Lodi for a visit.  Bob, in a moment of either 
> weakness or pity, invited me to stay with him and play a song or two with 
> the Cell Block 7 that night.  In this endeavor my accomplice in crime was 
> Dave Richoux, who in another moment of weakness let me buy an old tuba 
> from him on Monday.
>     Anyway, Bob let me sit in at the CB7 rehearsal, and Tom Downs (the CB7 
> tuba-player) was both generous (letting me blow some notes) and 
> understanding (not commenting on their quality or appropriateness).  That 
> evening at the Lodi Beer Company (wonderful beer, by the way, and very 
> good food) i played about half the songs in each set, realizing a 
> dixieland-life-long dream of playing in a top-quality band.  Bob and Tom 
> and all the others in the band played magnificently, as always, and the 
> crowd was enthusiastic and loud.
>     Thanks again, Bob, for putting me up and up with me!
>
>     Dan
> -- 
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> **  Dan Augustine  --  Austin, Texas  --  ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
> **     "Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days
> **      on nothing but food and water." -- W.C. Fields (1880-1946)
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