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Last Post 04/17/2020 05:53 PM by Frederick Jones. 5 Replies.
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thinline

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04/16/2020 11:33 PM
This whole  mess felt like it hit first hit home when John Prine died.  Just because I was a long time fan of his music.

A couple days ago we got word of the death of a fellow music lover.  He was part of a group of folks that had been getting together for years and years once a month to eat food, laugh and play music.  He listened a lot and played blues harmonica when the moment took him there, always rocking back and forth when the songs were played, and laughing and joking in between tunes.  He loved the key of G.

I got to know this group of folks about 2 years ago when I was first invited to the monthly get together.  I didn't know him well, but when things get a bit more normal and folks get back together to play again in our half-assed-as-best-we-can way, he will be greatly missed.

Be safe and be well everybody.
Dale

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04/17/2020 07:31 AM
Sorry, thin. Sober times indeed.
Cosmic Kid

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04/17/2020 11:51 AM
sorry to hear this, thinline....continued hopes that everyone we know and love stays healthy/
Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
79pmooney

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04/17/2020 12:11 PM
I've been a regular at a blues jam Sunday nights the past couple of years, but not since this hit. Like him, I play the harp. And like him, I love playing in G, especially the moody or minor keyed songs where 3rd position works so well and I can play my favorite harp, the low F, the full bodied Mississippi saxophone.

I miss playing. I miss playing for the woman who loves to dance, has told me for years she loves my playing and bugs me when I don't . I introduced a young man with autism that plays drums to another jam a year before we started going there. He got turned on to lessons on blues drumming and that jam. He's getting really good! The band leader, one of Portland's best blues guitarists, call out a shuffle and he is right on it! i"ve seen him keep things together when the bass player didn't have a clue. Usually though, he is with one of several bass players who are very good and I get to play in front of A1 rhythm section. I go to sit with him and his family watch him, even when I'm not playing.

Anyway, that woman has been going through major breast cancer the past couple of years, dancing all through it. Her gift, like riding was after my head injury. Playing for her is a honor. No, no interest in her. Never was. If not for music and our shared (but very different) journeys "on the other side" I would never have done more than said "hi" to her. (I get along well with her boyfriend - a Harley two-wheeler.) Now I love her as a sister from a different womb.

I don't even carry my "pocket" harp around anymore. (I'd have to wash my hands before playing, then after for others and really, the harp too since it's been in my pocket with other stuff.)

Sucks not to be able to play the blues for others to hep us all go through this. I haven't lost anyone close yet. I worry about her, not hearing anything and knowing she 1) has had her immune system decimated and 2) is a hugger.

Ben
Orange Crush

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04/17/2020 12:48 PM
We lost two distant family members so far, one distant cousin of my dad in NL, and one on my wife's side in Italy.

As to music, we were finally going to see the Stones in May. And while grim death couldn't touch those guys, the concert is still cancelled/postponed. The other one that got canned is Zuccero. Now Italian blues is always a bit of a stretch but in this day and age they're never going to let him out of the country (or into this one). Having a bit of fun working through the now digitized music collection instead. Over 500 albums to toy with.
longslowdistance

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04/17/2020 05:53 PM
Thanks for these stories.
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