[Dixielandjazz] Another Strange happening On a Gig

[Robert S. Ringwald]

In the early 60s, I played 5 nights a week at a place in Sacramento called 
Capone's Chicago Tea Room.  It was a     quite roughty place patterned after 
a Chicago speak easy.  Some of the nights, Don Lewis played banjo with me.

one night as we were performing, someone at a table kept shooting Don with a 
water pistol.  This was going on for     quite a long time before Don 
finally figured out who it was.

Right in the middle of a song, Don quit playing, set his banjo down, got off 
the stage & walked over to the offending table.  He said, "You think that's 
funny?"

The guy replied "Yes," with a huge grin on his face.

Don picked up a completely full Picher of beer & poured it over the guys 
head.

He then set the Picher down, walked back to the stage, picked up his banjo & 
finished the song.

Throughout this entire thing, I had kept playing.


--Bob Ringwald K6YBV
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www.ringwald.com
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Leader, The Fulton Street Jazz Band
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The Boondockers (jazz and Comedy)
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