[Dixielandjazz] Bill Gunter Tribute At the Sacramento JazzFestival

[Ministry of Jazz]

Shalom Jazz Fans,

Wish I could be with you in Sacramento this weekend. One of these years,
we'll make it over there.

I just came home from a solo banjo and comedy show at our local comedy club.
My latest banjo student, a young Israeli gal, played 4 songs with me on
stage after only 7 weeks of lessons. Her 5 sisters were in the audience --
what a bunch of live wires!

Among other features of the show, I brought 4 -- count 'em -- washboards and
got the gals playing along on a few songs. This was quite possibly the first
time in the long history of Israel that 4 washboards were played on stage at
the same time.

So I belatedly dedicate this performance to our friend Bill Gunter, whom I
got to know on DJML, and was privileged to meet in person a couple times in
CA, and once in Hungary. What a great fellow!

Blessings from Israel,

Elazar
Doctor Jazz Dixieland Band
Jerusalem, Israel
www.doctorjazz.co.il
+972-2-679-2537


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Johnson [mailto:mike at washboards.com]
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:57 PM
To: 'Robert Ringwald'
Cc: 'Dixieland Jazz Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Bill Gunter Tribute At the Sacramento
JazzFestival


Hi Bob:

The tribute to Bill Gunter is on Saturday  May 23 at 1:00 PM at the
Firehouse Lot during the 27th Annual Sacramento Washboard Concert.

Bill came up with the idea for a washboard concert in 1982 and we did the
first one in 1983.

Mike Johnson
Washboards International
Parker, Colorado
www.washboards.com