Borrow/rent UB/EUB, Bozeman/HelenaGreat Falls MT - early Feb.

[robgator]

First off, happy new year everybody and second, my apologies to the mods if this post is in the wrong place.

Early next month, I'll be making a trip to Montana. If possible, I'd like to find and upright or an EUB to borrow or rent for about three days.

I'll be arriving in Bozeman on Thurs., Feb. 5 and our gig is actually in Great Falls on Sat. Feb. 7. If possible, I'd like to find an instrument that I can pick-up on 2/5 (or early on 2/6) and return on Sunday, 2/7.

We play Cajun/Creole music and my upright is a Kay, set-up for pizz. If I can find a basic Engelhart, any basic upright or an EUB, that would be really cool. I'm working on borrowing an EUB here in Illinois, but I wanted to cast the TB net to see if anyone could help.

If you live in the area, have an instrument that you could loan or rent, then please contact me. If you know anyone in the area who might be able to help, then please forward this posting.

Many thanks,

Rob


Rob Krumm
Urbana, IL
217-840-4901
robplays@yahoo.com
www.creolefiddle.com

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I may be able to help you out Rob ! I'm in Bozeman. I have a '41 Kay O-1 with three plain Gamut guts G, D, A & Garbo E .... It pizzes pretty good . Also have a Rev II pick-up, Coda 2-channel combo amp, and Wizzy M-Line if you want to amp up and/or run a mic out to the PA. The Winter weather and roads suck out here right now .... If you break the Kay's unbroken neck .... I may have to break yours too . I also have access to more of a beater '64 Kay S-1 with SS G & D / Spiro Weich A & E that sounds real fine and has also been fitted for a Rev II. PM me and we'll see if we can get you set up. What's your Band's name? I'll come and check out the show ! I like Cajun music.

[robgator]

pm sent, thanks Bob.

[MingusAmongUs]

How cool is that?
WTG Bob.

[MT Spaces]

Originally Posted by MingusAmongUs

How cool is that? ....

Pretty Darn Cool Busta ! I'm real happy to be able to help out a fellow Kay bass thumper and keep him from having to play an EUB .... Especially if he is crazy enough to come to cold and wind-blown Great Falls Montana in the heart of The Winter. I think I will have to take myself a little 250 mile round-trip to go hear some good Creole / Cajun fiddlin' and hear Rob play my bass. Bein' as how I'm a rookie .... I might even learn something !

Stay in touch Rob .... We will figure it out.

P.S. Rob ..... Since you will be playing for The Montana Performing Arts Consortium shin-dig .... No bass and/or related bass-gear rental fees will be accepted ... Don't offer me any !

But .... I would accept a free ticket for You Folks' Big Show if you can swing that . Montana has a strong tradition of Michif (Métis) traditional fiddle playing. There are some excellent musicians from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and from elsewhere in Canada and NE Montana that carry on traditional Métis music and fiddlin' fireworks. I like that stuff ! If you are really interested .... Copy & Paste "Métis" into your search motor and read the Wiki-Pediatric article.

[robgator]

Bob, I'm thrilled with your kind offer. I'll be in touch. How about you pm me or send e-m to let me know your phone number? The TB community is the best, no doubt.

Thanks again,

Rob

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Originally Posted by robgator

Bob, I'm thrilled with your kind offer. I'll be in touch. How about you pm me or send e-m to let me know your phone number? The TB community is the best, no doubt.

Thanks again,

Rob

Done Deal Rob ..... You have a PM with all My Info ... Except for the amount of money I had invested with Bernard Madoff, the PIN number for my Business's Debit Card, and my Favorite Girls' Butt (Errr ... I meant ... Face) Book Links . It will be fun to meet an Urbane Illinois Bass Player. I lived in Downers Grove near Chicago for a few years ... Wow .... I really wished I had some Downers at that time to help me thru .... I was a total Doo-Fuss from Montana at that time ...... I was outta-my-league .... Glad I'm back in MT ..... Snow and Below-Zero-Not-With-Standing !!

[Jake deVilliers]

Classy move Bob!

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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

Classy move Bob!

Thanks Pal Jake ..... The Kays (Which-Ever one Rob wants to Man-Handle for his Montana Show) will probably do Mighty-Fine ... But I sure do wish I also had the Gibson-Epi B-5 Re-Worked-By-You in my hot-little-hands to offer him as another option !

Hey .... How about that new Spokane WA snowfall record ?? Busted Record .... Since they started keepin' track in the 18'Hundreds ?? Six Feet of Snow since December 1st .... More than 30 big-buildings' roofs collapsed ...

I have ZERO REGRETS that I didn't meet you there 'round New Year to pick up my Re-Worked Epi from you and Maiken !! But ... No Kiddin' ..... I'm So Thank-Full Y'All made it Home from Nelson B.C. back to Crescent Beach w/o Dyin' !!

I really have a problem With "Classy" .... Not My Kinda Deal .... Hope to see you at Tacoma WinterGrass (if not sooner) to get my Epi back .... Weeeee Doggggiiee .... I want to play that Bass now that you have Done Yer Jake VooDoo on It !!

[Jake deVilliers]

I couldn't believe what a mess Spokane was - roads clogged, parking lots unplowed. It took us an hour on Monday morning to get 4.9 miles from the centre of town heading north; I mean, it was awful.

Then it took us until 7:00 pm to go the 175 miles to Procter, BC through complete white-out conditions on the seldom-used two lane up through Metaline Falls with the chains turning the van into a droning cacophony.

We'll get your bass into your hands as soon as possible Bob.

Happy New Year!

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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

.... It took us an hour on Monday morning to get 4.9 miles from the centre of town heading north; I mean, it was awful. .... Then it took us until 7:00 pm to go the 175 miles to Procter, BC through complete white-out conditions on the seldom-used two lane up through Metaline Falls with the chains turning the van into a droning cacophony .....

Woof Jake .... When you say "Awful"... I believe you ... You Folks ain't Rookies ...... That really must have Sukked for You and Maiken ... Been There & Done That ... Old VW Van ... Bad MT Roads .... Theoretically and Karmically I should Be Dead Already .

If you adjust your V-Dubb Van speed just-right ... The snow chains-whapping inside the wheel-wells can not only keep you awake .... But can also set-up a reggae rhythm that gets you thru The Storm Nicely .. As long as you don't do too-many beers'n'doobs & argue with yer Passengers while drivin' thru The Mess At Hand.

Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

... We'll get your bass into your hands as soon as possible Bob ... Happy New Year!

Happy New Yar 2 !! That would be Swell ... But Hey ... Let's not kill both-ourselves to accomplish Trips-not-meant-by-Nature just to trade $$ for a contrived hunk of plywood with strings on it !! Maybe Tacoma WinterGrass will work out ............

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Okee Dokee .... I just made the transfer of my '40 Kay bass, AI Coda amp, Rev II p-up, and accoutrements to Rob here in Bozeman for their Cajun show in Great Falls on Saturday. I met the band .... Nice Folks .. They were thrilled and so was I. They gave me a couple of their good Cajun / Creole CD's (rental fees ) .

The Bass World is karmically kool . A few days after I posted that I was willing to help Rob out with my loaner bass ..... I got an unrelated call from some local players to fill in on a couple of their Cajun shows coming up. I've never done Cajun / Creole but I'm always up for a new adventure. It turns out that the CD's contain about 6 or 7 of the songs / tunes I am trying to learn for the upcoming shows. Now I just have to learn 26 brand new ones (to me) in 2 weeks and try not to suck too bad at the shows . Life Is Good .

[dchan]

^ Good for you, Bob! When you do good things, it comes around. Not all the time, but at least you feel good about it anyway.

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Originally Posted by dchan

Good for you, Bob! When you do good things, it comes around. Not all the time, but at least you feel good about it anyway.

Thanks Drake .... Everything worked out just ducky. I met up with the Cajun band here in town to get Dottie Kay and my amplification gear back yesterday before they took off for the airport. They said the show went real well and may get some Montana bookings later this year. They appreciated getting to use a Kay bass and I have been enjoying listening to their CD's. It would be nice to see them again if they come back to Montana .... They are a good crew. They made the "Big Time" .... The front page of Sunday's Great Falls Tribune .... That's Rob Krumm doin' time on Dottie Kay .....

[robgator]

I have a new "all hail Bob" in my life, and that is Bob Knebel from Bozeman. As detailed in his posts, I traveled to Montana to perform with my band, L'Esprit Creole, in Great Falls. We flew into Bozeman and Bob brought his bass to me at the hotel. His sweet-sweet 1940 Kay (Dottie Kay) that plays just as smooth as silk. And, all of the sound gear that anyone could need to do a gig including an AI amp, pick-up, cables, bass stand and more. This all resulted from a shot-in-the-dark TB post, my call for a bass loan (or rental). Bob responded to my post and all I can say is that I was truly overwhelmed by his generosity. As if there was any doubt, the TalkBass community is the best folks. And Bob, my wife Jennifer says that you're an adopted member of our extended family, so just let us know if we need to set an extra plate for Thanksgiving!

[MT Spaces]

Ah Shucks, Thanks to you too Rob . Do I have to wait until Thanksgiving for that plate'o'food ? I'm hungry right now just thinking about it ... Couldn't you Fed-Ex it right on out to me? Y'all come back out here and visit again sometime, ya'hear me ? Next time you can try out my Epiphone B-5.

[Paul Warburton]

Bob and Rob....thanks for sharing this beautiful **** with all of us here. You, of course, could have kept it to yourselves with a few PM's.
Bob has ALWAYS been an un-sung hero on the board. For me, he's one of MY heroes as a PERSON. (NO, i'm not yankin' NO chains).
I hope we all have learned some very HIP stuff here in this exchange.
Keep kickin' Karmic ASS Bob.......I'll try too.

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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton

Bob and Rob....thanks for sharing this beautiful **** with all of us here. You, of course, could have kept it to yourselves with a few PM's ...

Whoa .... Now I'm thinkin' we should have kept all this private krap betwixt ourselves under the radar in PM's. Cuz Pee-Dubb is gittin' all squishy and smarmy on us .... So out of character . He musta got laid last nite after playin' some sweet bass sh&t on a well-payin' gig in an up-town club with an open-bar tab.
(Thanks Paul I wubb you too !)

[Paul Warburton]

Originally Posted by Bob Knebel

Whoa .... Now I'm thinkin' we should have kept all this private krap betwixt ourselves under the radar in PM's. Cuz Pee-Dubb is gittin' all squishy and smarmy on us .... So out of character . He musta got laid last nite after playin' some sweet bass sh&t on a well-payin' gig in an up-town club with an open-bar tab.
(Thanks Paul I wubb you too !)

Bob, you ************.
SEE what happens when I try to be nice?
I wubb you back.

[MT Spaces]

Please give me No-Troubles .... Maybe these Folks are from S. Illinois and Missouri ... But They are the real deal. Hey I helped to get these swamp-coon-ass players some Shows to play here in MT .... If that offends You .... I will ask my swamp-coon-ass compadres that I worked with in SE TX / SW LA oil refineries to 'splain and then kick yer ass ...

"Bob, here is what I have so far about our gigs coming up in Montana. I fwd. the info. on Cafe Zydeco to Dennis, so hopefully we can work-out something to play a gig there. Thanks again for all of you help in February. Your loan of the bass helped us get these gigs and I appreciate it. I'll keep you posted and will be in touch. Rob
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October 21, 2009 - October 22, 2009
Meagher County Arts Council shows
White Sulphur Springs, MT

October 23, 2009
Electric Peak Arts Council
Gardiner, MT

October 25, 2009 - October 27, 2009
Two Valleys Stage concerts
Seeley Lake, MT

October 29, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Northern Showcase Arts Council
Havre, MT .....



This Cajun / Creole Band kicks major-butt ... The Real Deal ... And I get to hear them and buy them a beer ..... Rob Krumm ... Bad-Ass Bassist ... South-Illinois-Gone-Bad ...

Badda ... Badda ... Badda ....

Karma Gone Good In Montana ....


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