Re: [Harp-L] Sorry I haven't written lately..

[Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, put it up on YouTube for the rest of us.
G

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:16 PM, joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One can only view this in Oz.
> smokey-joe, the most unforgetable character you will ever meet. (When he
> speaks, E.F. Hutton listens)(people gather around him.....in a desparate
> attempt to absorb some of his aura)(His brain is a registered weapon).
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> On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:33 AM, Rick Dempster wrote:
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> Dear Reeders;
>>                        I've been 'offlist' for, I dunno, a year or two. I
>> decided to mind my own opinions for a while until I could actually post some
>> hard evidence (ie playing)
>>                        Well, the fabulous session hasn't actually taken
>> place yet (I'm getting there though)
>>                        Meantime, here is a clip of me playing with some
>> friends on national TV here in Oz.
>>                        It only lasts 90 seconds, so at least it's short
>> and (hopefully) sweet.
>>                        The show is the Australian Broadcasting Commissions
>> music quiz show 'Spicks and Specks' and we were commissioned to perform a
>> song written by a staff member that followed up on a quiz question about
>> John Lennon's skiffle band, the 'Quarrymen', in which Lennon lost his temper
>> with the washboard player and broke the thing over his head.
>>                        Evidently he bought the guy a supermarket on one of
>> the Channel islands in later years to regain some karma.
>>                        We were given the words and we set them to the old
>> 'Mama don't allow..' changes.
>>                        I get a solo, which I take in my quasi-Gwen Foster
>> influenced style.
>>                        If I seem to be looking at my feet, that's because
>> I was reading the lyrics attached to the foldback speaker.
>>                        Click on this link:http://www.abc.net.au/iview/# and go to the 'Spicks and Specks' Episode 21 bit at the bottom left side.
>>                        We appear in the last couple of minutes of the
>> show.
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>> Hoping all are well in harp-l land,
>> Rick Dempster
>> Melbourne, Australia
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