Re: [Harp-L] Sit-In Stories

["46long Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not so much a sit-in story as a humbling Jam story.

Boston, 1995. As a young grad student, I went to a Jam in Davis Square. I
thought way too much of myself as a player back then (and I'm a million
times better now, so that should put it in perspective to those of you who
have actually heard my spastic playing these days). Anyway, I went up, did
my thing on harp, and smugly sat down. Immediately up next was this tiny
little frizzy haired white girl with a harp in her hands. I  rolled my eyes
and prepared for the worst.  But hey, a jam's a jam, right?  If some soccer
mom wants to get her blues on, who am I to deny her?(what a chauvanist!)
Anyway, by the time her three songs were up, this woman had wiped the floor
with me, wrung me out, and left me in a wilted wad at the bottom of my beer
glass.  ....and deservedly so........When I could speak again, I went over
to compliment her, introduce myself ,and find out who the heck she was.
Annie Raines was very gracious, and even said she liked one of the moves I
did. How kind of her...........

- BAT

On 7/29/06, Gettyf@xxxxxxx <Gettyf@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> First post after lurking for a week:
>
> A long time ago in a place far away I played harp/geetar/sax in a
> blues  band
> down in Baton Rouge called The Circuit Breakers.  No, you wouldn't get
> Mustang Sally for anything under $500, but Slim Harpo requests were
> always  free.
> Chuck Berry, too.  Our home bar gig at Phil Brady's would  happen
> once-a-month.
>
> One night this good-looking dude with his equally good-looking friends
> showed up at sat front-and-center in our faces.  The dude, soon to be
> known  as
> Dennis, came up to me at first break and asked if he could sing a song.
>
> I don't remember what the song was, but he sang it pretty well, typical
> 12-bar shuffle in E, rejoined his friends and hung for the next
> break.  I  went
> down to chat and it turned out he was working in BR on a movie called
> Everybody's All American.  Dennis Quaid then introduced me to his
> pals  Timothy Hutton,
> Jessica Lange and Misha Barishnicov.
>
> Dennis sat in with us many more times around town that
> year.  Cool  dude...
> -- Getty
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:49:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mojo Red  <harplicks@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Sit-In Stories
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> Hey gang,
>
> Last Sunday afternoon I  was invited to sit in with
> some friends of mine, Tom and Bob Lindsey and  the
> "Trouble Brothers" band, for what was purported to
> be a "Jam-Party",  according to my e-mail
> invitation.
>
> <sniparooni>
>
> You guys  have any cool/funny sit-in stories?
>
> Harpin' in Colorado,
> --Ken  M.
>
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