[Dixielandjazz] Chop Saver

[Stephen G Barbone]

Hi Dan & List Mates

Reminds me of a passage in one of Louis Armstrong's biographies,  
paraphrasing Roy Eldridge. It seems Louis used a secret concoction of  
lip balm which he made himself. He was talking to Eldridge about it  
and gave some to him since Roy had been complaining about chapped and  
battered lips. Eldridge used it and then said something like: "Man did  
that shit ever burn my lips. I couldn't hardly play for the next few  
days."

Not that regular lip balms do that. I get chapped lips from time to  
time and use a regular lip balm like Chapstick, or one of pure beeswax  
and they solve my problem. Perhaps Chop Saver does the same only better?

In any event, I will call Joe Alessi and Chris Dudley later today and  
ask them if their testimonials on the web site are accurate and report  
back. Both of them probably play many more hours than any of us, and  
Alessi is a pretty good modern jazz player in addition to his regular  
gig.

What could be the downside in trying Chop Saver?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone