Re: [Harp-L] Charlie McCoy at SPAH

[Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hope to see that for myself next spring Joe !

Mike Wilbur



On Aug 22, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Charlie has a winter place down near us. In the spring, usually around his birthday, he stops in at the Palm City Harmonica Band (Ft. Myers).
> He spends the afternoon playing for us, and WITH us. We have done some duets together. You would never guess he was a star by his
> demeanor. 
> 
> smo-joe
> 
> On Aug 21, 2013, at 12:04 PM, BluzeHarp@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> 
>> One of my best moments ever at SPAH was Charlie McCoy  playing 'Happy 
>> Birthday' to me during the closing show in the  ballroom... wow, some present! 
>> 
>> 
>> Charlie's sound check earlier that day was another  treat.  Closed quiet 
>> room, GREAT band + Buddy Greene hanging out  & joking around, I knew they were 
>> going to kill it that  night.  The down home persona holds true when he's 
>> not under the  lights, in spite of decades long world wide  fame Charlie 
>> remains as warm and personable of a guy  as you'd ever want to meet.
>> 
>> Christopher Richards
>> Staging & Production - SPAH
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 8/20/2013 12:52:21 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
>> harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>> 
>> Every  year for the last 22 that I have gone to spah, the last act has 
>> always  suffered HALF attendance. Half the audience has usually either left or 
>> are out  in the halls.  Not this time. McCoy held onto his audience. Good 
>> work  Charlie M'boy.  lolol
>> 
>> smo-joe
> 
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