Re: [Harp-L] Peter Ruth at SPAH (WAS SPAH - who's going?)

[George Miklas <harmonicat@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was there!

Pete, you were an inspiration to me.  But Jason Buckaloe on the bass guitar
was also an inspiration to me as well.

gm

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Peter Madcat Ruth
<madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> My first appearance at SPAH was in 1980 at the 17th annual convention in
> Southfield, MI.
> Having a young (31 year old) diatonic player at SPAH was extremely
> controversial at that time.
> A sizable portion of the audience stood up and left the hall in protest
> just before I went on stage.
> But I definitely had some strong support: Danny Wilson, Pete Pedersen,
> Jerry Murad and Don Les all came down and sat in the front row to cheer me
> on.
>
> Peter Madcat Ruth
> Musician - Grammy Award Winner
> madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.madcatmusic.net
> www.youtube.com/user/petermadcatruth
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Richard Hunter wrote:
>
> > The Iceman wrote:
> > <In case you youngsters didn't know, Madcat was the first diatonic player
> brought into a SPAH convention, which <opened the door for diatonics at this
> event.
>