Re: [Harp-L] Re SPAH 2008

["Cara Cooke" <cyberharp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, both Lonnie Joe Howell and I will be there.  Please bring anyone who is
interested in bluegrass and things similar to the workshops and jams.

Cara Cooke

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:44 PM, <fsstov@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Howdy from St. Louis, folks!
>
> It is great to see the number of harp-l'ers coming in for SPAH.
> I wanted to let you know that in addition to the fine folks of Gateway
> Harmonica Club who are hosting and helping to run this event, there should
> be a good group of diatonic players from our "new" St. Louis BluesJammers
> group attending, either full time or dropping in for a look-see.  We've got
> about 10-15 people that have been meeting monthly for the past 2 years to
> explore the finer points of diatonic blues, country, jazz, rock, etc
> playing, and it has been a great success.  We often hit open mics and
> concerts between our meetings.  Since this is the first SPAH for many of
> these folks, I'm really stoked about them being able to attend and get that
> full immersion experience of a SPAH.  Plus they're some really good
> players.
>
> I agree with Mick Z. that the blues line-up looks a little weak, but I've
> thought that in the past - only to be pleasantly surprised by late
> additions
> and unknown treasures popping up.  Plus as Mick points out, there's so much
> more to SPAH than just the headliners anyway.  Just look at the line-up
> from
> harp-l folks that will be there to hang and jam with.
>
> Mike Bruce - Glad to hear your coming, buddy.  Jason's Blow Out will be at
> BB's Jazz Blues and Soups Tuesday night (same place as the last SPAH here,
> if you remember).  I'll be around to give directions if anyone needs them.
> I'm counting on you to teach me some more bluegrass this year.  Will Cara
> or
> Lonnie be there?
>
> All this SPAH talk has got me fired up.  I can't wait to see you all again,
> and say thanks for making the past SPAH's I've been able to attend really
> rewarding and learning experiences (I can't even start to mention all the
> names, but Mr. Krantz really helped my playing approach last year, as did
> Mr. Brooks and Mr. Peloquin the year before, and...oops I gotta stop there
> or I'll go over the byte limit).  Any of you on the fence - don't miss it!
>
> See y'all in about 10 weeks.
> Fred S
>
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