[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Disasters

[Patrick Ladd]

there was not supposed to be any booze on the premises>>

I did a gig like that once. We had a supply passed quietly onto the stage 
and instantly drunk. With no idea how much we had consumed by the evenings 
end we all piled into our small van with our kit. No carefully graduated 
drink drive laws then as such but being drunk in charge of a mechanical 
vehicle was an offence and we were falling down drunk. I remember the 
passenger at one point asking the driver if he could drive. The driver 
agreed and stopped the van. The guy who was offering to drive stepped out of 
the cab and fell flat on his face. We took one member of the band who was 
hanging like a sack between two other members of the band, almost 
unconscious, dragged him up the garden path. After considerable banging and 
ringing of bells  the door opened. It was the wrong house. Pat

-----Original Message----- 
From: Robert Ringwald
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2015 10:28 PM
To: Pat Ladd
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz Disasters

In approximately 1981, shortly after moving to Los Angeles, I was producing 
and hosting a 3-hour weekly Jazz radio show on non-commercial radio station 
KCSN titled “Bob Ringwald’s Bourbon Street Parade.”



I produced a fund raising Jazz concert for the station. My band, The Great 
Pacific Jazz Band, along with my daughter Molly Ringwald opened the concert. 
We had Zeke Zarchy trumpet, Don Nelson Soprano sax, Roy Brewer trombone, 
Jack Wadsworth bass sax, Ray Templin drums and myself on banjo. Ray and I 
also both did short segments on solo piano.



For the second half of the concert I brought the clarinetist Johnny Mince 
out from New York and added Ray Sherman piano, Ray Leatherwood bass and Nick 
Fatool drums.



The concert was held at Cal State Northridge. Being part of the California 
State College system, there was not supposed to be any booze on the 
premises. My Uncle, who was a Prop Man for movies and TV, smuggled in an 
ample supply of liquor, ice, mixes and glasses for the musicians back stage.



Since Johnny and the all-stars didn’t come on until the second set, they had 
plenty of time to sample the wares. I suspect Nick sampled the most.



At the end of the concert, during the finale, when Nick’s name was 
announced, while playing drums, he stood up. He lost his balance and 
seemingly in slow motion, fell backwards and disappeared through the 
curtain, never to be seen again. The crowd laughed, thinking it was a gag, 
part of the show.





-Bob Ringwald Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet
Fulton Street Jazz Band
916/ 806-9551
www.ringwald.com
Amateur (ham) Radio K6YBV

I got caught taking a pee in the swimming pool today. The lifeguard shouted 
at me so loud, I nearly fell in.
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