[Dixielandjazz] practishing drunk

[Steve Voce]

Eddie said 'I've never regarded myself as an athlete.'
More evocative!

Steve Voce

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> On 20 Oct 2013, at 20:32, "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> It is very refreshing that nobody suggested our friend looking to find means of guidance for a dixieland ensemble (maps might be as good a word as charts) should follow the example of those who rehearsed blotto.
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> There is small musical guidance in the tale of Mr. Condon, medically imperilled without alcohol, incapacitated by stomach ulcers, and being plied with an enema, offering to buy a round for the whole ward. 
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> He would presumably be in the position, face down across a bed, but dressed, from which he offered to answer questions from the press when he first arrived in England. Asked to assume a position from which his speech would be more clearly audible he is said to have responded, "I'll try, but I'm no athlete!" 
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> Exactly to the musical point was Mr. Condon's entry into his own club while young Master Wilber was rehearsing, and his response to the sound:  "make some mistakes!"  (This is Bob Wilber's story!)
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> Drinking does you harm, but outside special fields like medicine a dread of making mistakes can harm lots of other folks. 
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> Slainte!
> Robert R. Calder 
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