[Dixielandjazz] The night the music stopped

[Jen Beaven]

Bagpipes = weapon :-)
(in a good way)

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 6:05 PM, PHIL WILKING <philwilking at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

> Several years ago I attended a small convention in a New Orleans hotel.
> The
> convention rooms were on the floor immediately below the penthouse saloon.
>
> Several of us conventioneers brought our instruments and jammed on some
> old
> dixie warhorses on Friday night. We had a cornet, an electric guitar, me
> on
> banjo, and sometimes a couple of others. It was OK, but the rock band
> coming
> through the ceiling from the saloon above us was pretty stiff competition,
> and they stayed open until the last customer left sometime after 1 AM.
>
> On Saturday night we did it again and were soon joined by a theramin (if
> you've never heard one, it's the "swoopy sounding" electronic thing which
> did the background music for the the 1950's alien invaders from outer
> space
> movies).
>
> The rock band was still coming through the ceiling loudly, but - somehow -
> they didn't seem quite as agressive after a few theramin solo choruses.
>
> Then we were joined by one last guy. He had brought his bagpipe to the
> convention. So now our band was cornet, electric guitar, banjo, theramin,
> and bagpipe, and we blasted away on things like "Bill Bailey" and "Basin
> Street Blues."
>
> Very quickly the rock band above quit and the saloon closed for the night.
>
> So that's my claim to fame: I was part of a band which forced a New
> Orleans
> saloon to close early on a Saturday night.
>
> Phil Wilking
>
> Those who would exchange freedom for
> security deserve neither freedom nor security.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz
> Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:
>
> http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz
>
>
>
> Dixielandjazz mailing list
> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>



-- 
At http://pengcognito.com is a slightly warped penguin cartoon. Go. Read.