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04-03-2010, 01:00 PM
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So I was doing a club gig downtown last week with a band I was traveling to Florida with for the weekend for a few shows. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls-Spinal Tap) entering the club with a friend. I've ran into him before and he spends a large part of the year here in NOLA living in the Marigny neighborhood (really nice, locally-involved guy, too). First chance I got between songs I teased the riff and double stops to Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom". He pointed me out and I shot him a huge grin. Next stop for him was the tip bucket ( it's a funk/soul gig that goes LATE). Needless to say, it made my night and hopefully his!
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04-03-2010, 01:09 PM
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04-03-2010, 04:07 PM
| | | | Cool!
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04-03-2010, 05:34 PM
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Cheers,
Jim
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04-03-2010, 09:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Orleans | | | I was at Cafe Negril on Frenchmen St.
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04-04-2010, 07:32 AM
| | | | That is why I play music. I live for those little moments of connection that playing live brings.
Your story made me smile this morning.
Keep playing and keep rocking.
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04-04-2010, 07:46 AM
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04-04-2010, 01:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | That's awesome. I love Shearer, he's such a great comedian. I'm jealous.
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04-05-2010, 02:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Orleans | | | Yeah-it's definitely a pleasure to have him in the NOLA and Bass players' community!
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04-05-2010, 08:55 AM
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That's a great story.
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04-05-2010, 09:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver, CO | | | cool. awesome story.
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04-05-2010, 10:57 AM
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FWIW, I was at the 544 Club (Bourbon & Toulouse) for about 18 months back in the late 90's, great experience, not the best gig money-wise.
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04-05-2010, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Orleans | | | Sweet Avatar Gard. I'm not so much a Bourbon street cat-I've done a couple private balcony parties during Mardi Gras and some pickup work here and there. I've played the Famous Door and the B-street Club.
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04-05-2010, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by willyrep Sweet Avatar Gard. I'm not so much a Bourbon street cat-I've done a couple private balcony parties during Mardi Gras and some pickup work here and there. I've played the Famous Door and the B-street Club. | Hey, yours ain't too bad either Willy...nice pup!
Back in the Bourbon St. period, I was actually living in BR and commuting, I grew up on the Northshore (Slidell, graduated from Salmen HS). The house gig thing was nice in some ways, in others it got pretty boring. Steady gig though, that was nice.
Some amazing music in that town still, hoping to make it back for a visit in November, catch some music, see a game, etc, etc...
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04-09-2010, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Zürich | | He remains (possibly) the only person to ever wear a Shrewsbury Town shirt in somehting people have actually seen.
Here's me modelling the (in)famous airport scene get up: 
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