[Dixielandjazz] alseep at the wheel - do you know these guys?

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

I went to school with a guy named Bob Sisco.  He went to California after 
school.  He was a talented arranger and sax player.  He got some of his 
arrangements published because I played some of them.  He was killed about 
1964 or 5 and the story I heard was that he was coming home from a job and 
may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

Did any of you left coast guys ever hear of Bob Sisco?

There is another band leader/ trumpet player that I worked with years ago 
that went to NY I think.  His name was Joe Seiter.  Did anyone run across 
him in their travels?

Since I'm asking, how about Terry Rucinski - piano player somewhere in the 
Chicago area?  He used to work for me and I was best man at his wedding. 
After the divorce he got an MA in music and split.  I'm dying to ask him if 
the photo in time magazine (about 30 years ago)showing punk rockers was him. 
He had on Elton John type glasses, tights and pig guts hanging around his 
neck.  Oh did I fail to mention he may be a little "different" but never the 
less a talented piano man.  Then again it might not have been him.
Larry Walton
St. Louis
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] alseep at the wheel


> The thread about falling asleep on the way home is really serious business
> and reminds me of a very sad loss.
> One of our favorite fellow musicians, Giles Dion from Sherbrooke, Que. did
> just that and died on the way home from a gig a few years ago after 
> colliding
> head on with a truck. Aside from being a great player and arranger, he was 
> one
> of the finest, kindest and most patient gentlemen that I ever had the 
> pleasure
> of working with.
> Sometimes, the band would cram into a passenger van to drive to New York 
> or
> Boston. I always marveled how Giles could sit up in the back seat with his 
> horn
> on his lap and fall asleep in an instant. We joked that he suffered from
> narcolepsy. Maybe that was his undoing.
> I lost my taste for late nights and long distances since his death and I
> avoid both unless there's money enough in it to get a room if needed.
> Stay safe, listmates.
>
> Gus Bloch
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