Re: Subject: [Harp-L] jason ricci @ terra 9/15/05 review

[Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

> ....Well Gary, I got home just after 4 a.m. and concur wholeheartedly --  
> Jason's show was phenomenal, as always.  He gives everything he's got to  his 
> audience -

he even commented at the end, "that's all i got".  it was plenty.

> and then had to leave for Schenectady to do a Radio program this  
> morning at 8a.m.!  I'm exhausted just thinking about it <G>

they couldn't have left much before 4am (i left about 3:30).  can you
even make the drive from nyc to schenectady in 4 hours?

> I got to spend quite a bit of time talking with Jason and our own Nicolas  
> Fouquet (Froggy) and the other Nicolas (who are now hanging in New York) and  
> Harp L'er Warren Bee (who was helping Jason sell his CD's).  We had another  
> "new" Harp-L'er there as well -  Dan.  

bummer!  i'm really sorry i missed meeting everyone.

> Jason wished you a Happy  Birthday and I 
> looked around to see if you were "in the house" -- but Terra  Blues is so dimly 
> lit and I had no idea what you looked like since I've only  just read your 
> previous post (I get them in Digest form and it didn't come  through until now). 

oh, that explains it.  i thought everyone was just avoiding me.

>  Sorry I missed meeting you-- If you were at the table  with the taping/light 
> set up - 

i was.  sitting with dave barfield (who taped the mexicali and terra shows
on the LMA ) and with my brother (for the first set).  

> I was just off to your left against the wall  doing my own digital 
> taping of the show (with Jason's permission).  I've no  idea how it'll come out 
>   - it's a new camera - and I ran out of  either tape or battery 2/3 of the 
> way through - in the middle of Turkish Coffee,  sad to say.  Aargghh!  

dave taped it, and i taped on minidisc as well.  so we're covered.
look for it on the archive shortly.

> So Happy Birthday a day late and I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to say  
> hello in person. I'm enormously grateful to you -- 

i'm just glad that JR supports the whole taping thing.  it's a great 
thing.  we get all these great tunes, and hopefully he gets greater
exposure and bigger audiences.

> your first posting of the  
> Mexicali download is what introduced me to Jason Ricci in the first place.

well, then, it worked.  the whole point is to introduce new people
to his music.

> Next time!

december 1.  you can bet i'll be there.

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