Re: [Harp-L] Worst Gus incident ever

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a way to earn extra tips at a weekly Sunday morning brunch show we
offered a FREE HARMONICA for just a $5 donation!  These harps probably cost
a penny to make and each one cost us about 50 cents.  They were in the key
of slightly higher than Ab, slightly lower than A.  After passing the hat,
the rest of the two hour show was joined in by an audience of little gusses.
Michael Rubin
michaelrubinharmonica.com


On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Barry Bean <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That's taking Gus to a whole new level!
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> BB
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> On 7/14/2014 10:32 AM, Richard Hunter wrote:
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>> I played a gig with Jackson, Wyoming-based rock heavies Derrik and the
>> Dynamos on Saturday, July 12, and Phil Round, the accomplished
>> guitarist/singer/songwriter (see http://philround.com) who played bass
>> on this gig, told me the most hellacious Gus story I've ever heard.
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>> The well-known Jackson-based attorney Gerry Spence has a son who plays
>> harmonica.  This son, who by the way is a fully-grown adult, not a kid, is
>> well-known for playing his harp wherever he goes; I heard him playing once
>> while standing in line at airport security in Jackson.  (No, I did not
>> introduce myself.)  He's been mentioned to me several times by Jackson
>> musicians (disapprovingly) as a guy who stands up and plays the harp from
>> the audience when a band is performing.  In other words, he's Gus.
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>> What Phil told me is that not long ago, while Phil was playing a Sunday
>> gig at the Stagecoach bar in Jackson (a gig he's played for almost 45
>> continuous years), Spence demanded--not asked, demanded--to sit in with the
>> band.  When the band politely demurred, Spence and about a dozen of his
>> friends laid themselves down on the dance floor in front of the band,
>> making it impossible for anyone to dance, in an attempt to extort the band
>> into submission.
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>> I think we can agree that this is World Record Gus behavior.
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>> Not to mention world-class weird.
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>> regards, Richard Hunter
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>> author, "Jazz Harp" (Oak Publications, NYC)
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