Re: [Harp-L] An Apology/South St in Philly

[dlightfoot12@xxxxxxxxxxx (dick lightfoot)]

thanks for the kind words, Ev.  I'm glad you (and your friends) enjoyed the evening...

But let it be known that it wasn't even close to a Gus, sensu stricto.  You didn't have a harmonica, you weren't playing from the audience, you sure didn't jump onstage with a harp in your mouth...it was purely a case of your friends being completely unaware of stagefront etiquette.  They should be the ones apologizing, not you. 

the bar in question on South St in Philly is Lickety Split, on the corner of 4th and South.  I was playing with Buck Hunter and the Pig City Porkrollers, and we play a mix of blues, bluegrass, and old timey stuff that is pretty much all originals, and quite idiosyncratic in terms of arrangement and structure.  The idea of letting someone who has no clue of the tunes try to jump in and trainwreck the whole thing brought chills to our spines, brrrrr.....

but hey, no harm, no foul...

dl

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Evan Meagher" <meagher@xxxxxxxxx> 

> Harp-L'ers, 
> 
> I want to apologize to the harmonica player at the bar on South Street in 
> Philly last night- long story short, I had rolled in there with a few 
> friends after *many* adult beverages and heard a guy blowing some pretty 
> good harp. My friends, unfamiliar with the concept of the Gus, asked him if 
> I could sit in using his harps (a request I would never make or grant). I 
> didn't catch his name, but he said he recognized my name (presumably from 
> this list, which surprised me to say the least) so I thought this was the 
> best place to issue an apology. By the by, the dude blew a great sounding 
> harp. 
> 
> Ev 
> 
> p.s. speaking of dudes, I just got my blue dude harp in E from Steve Grimm, 
> and as always, it is awesome. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________ 
> Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org 
> Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx 
> http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l