Joseph H. Wallace / Jazz bassist, member of PSO for 45 years

[Robert Luscombe]

I saw this today online from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05249/566291.stm

[fraublugher]

"Joe was playing electric bass that night, so the band leader kept yelling for him to turn the amp down. So Joe didn't turn it down. He turned it off."

brilliant

[Robert Luscombe]

"For eight decades, Mr. Wallace toted a bass around."

Very sad to see an underappreciated musician go.