Re: [Harp-L] Re: Good Old Days of SPAH & Good New Days of SPA

[Buddha <groovygypsy@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for totally screwing up my memories. And to think that I
actually thought you were a tough guy Winslow....sheesh.

I still think the Memphis SPAH was the best one but that was due to
the location because if I remember correctly, the hotel kinda sucked
and Kim Field wouldn't stop giving me crap for having a spot on my
shirt.

I'd almost forgotten about Uwe, no offense to the young superstars of
the harp but that little kid could play.  Wasn't 1994 the year of the
Bustling Boil as well?  I can't remember his real name but I remember
that we called him everything else... hey no offense if you're on the
list Bubby Bister

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, Buzz and I never got within 20 feet of the stage. I think Welton
> saw us coming and decided that discretion was the better part of being a
> total jerk and  vamoosed (I didn't know about the Leone connection, though
> later that night on Beale Street we heard tales of a madman trying to crash
> all the stages and insisting he was the best harmonica player in the world).
> A few months later Kim Field told me that Welton claimed to be  studying the
> video of the incident (though SPAH never officially released any video from
> that evening, despite a mindblowing duet between Don Les and Uwe Penzoldt,
> the 11-year old German kid who was channeling Don in a telepathic musical
> seance) so that he could figure out who those guys were and deliver them a
> suitable comeuppance. Ahhh, happy days . . .
>
> --- On Wed, 8/6/08, Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Aug 6, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Buddha wrote:
>> but things got better as the
>> years progressed. I think Memphis was one of the best conventions and
>> I think that was the tipping point for the "blues players" to
> finally
>> be accepted. Danny Walton was there that year and went crazy during
>> his set. Winslow and Buzz were the ones that kicked him off the stage
>> and I think that's we cemented our approval.
>
> I was acting master at arms because Paul Metris doesn't move too
> fast, and I made sure Welton stayed in his dressing room and then
> left the building. I had to miss Charley Musselwhite. Then I walked
> Mr Danny Welton and his girl friend down to Beale St. and turned them
> loose.
>
>