RE: [Harp-L] Was: Buckeye Cancelled, Now: Personal Connection?

[Michael Peloquin <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Albanese posted:
> 
> Not to take exception with anything that's been written and I may be taking
> it out of context, but here's a little story. Last week I played at a local
> high school event called "Focus On The Arts". It was at a large suburban
> high school just north of Chicago. A very well organized three day event
> that included music, poetry, visual arts, dance and other performance art.
> The band I played with could be loosely defined as "blues rock", for lack of
> a better term, and without dropping names we had several well established
> guest musicians who joined us on stage, some of whom were firmly entrenched
> in the blues. My expectations going into this show were uncertain at best
> but a gig's a gig and I tried to approach it with an open mind. The audience
> was made up of at least 90% students from the school, and I would guess most
> had very little prior knowledge of what blues music was actually about. They
> turned out to be one of the most enthusiastic and appreciative audiences
> I've ever played for. They cheered like crazy after every song, stood and
> danced in the aisles and seemed to be having the time of their lives. There
> was definitely a personal connection there and I'm sure that there were more
> than just a few newly converted young blues lovers who walked out of the
> auditorium with smiles on their faces that afternoon.

very cool Tom!

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