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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Doc Cheatham subbed for Tony Pringle in the New Black Eagle Jazz Band a few times which gave me a nice opportunity to chat with him. One of the things he mentioned was his feeling that as long as one could stay healthy enough to keep practicing, you could keep playing. Practice was key. Even a short layoff can be hard to come back from as one ages. He opined that this is what happened to Louis Armstrong. He got too ill to practice and maintain his embouchure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ron L<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Tony Davis [mailto:tony@tony-davis.co.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 17, 2018 3:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ron<br><b>Cc:</b> Dixieland Jazz Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dixielandjazz] Hello ???<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Well, you're younger than me, Bob - I'm seven weeks short of my 81st birthday, and I suspect many of us are round about the same age. One of my heroes is Doc Cheatham, who played his last gig two days before he passed away at the age of 92; I'm still playing, but I'm not sure I'm going to make it that far!<o:p></o:p></p><p>Tony<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 17/07/18 19:17, Robert Loomis wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm still kickin' and awaiting another 95- or 100-degree day here in lovely suburban Concord CA in the aptly named -- at least in summer -- Diablo Valley. Will be going to Bull Valley Roadhouse in Port Costa on Sunday with two friends and our younger grandson (if he's not working) for my 79th birthday. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Where does that place me, age-wise, on this list? There must be somewhere I'm still young, even if only in cyberspace! ;^)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob Loomis<br>Concord CA<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Ross Anderson wrote:<br>No Mail for 4 days ??<br>Hope all is well with all list mates ??<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz">http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Dixielandjazz mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com">Dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>