[Rhodes22-list] New Year's Insanity

[Saroj]

Ha, ha!

Still sounds like fun.  I've got my electronic keyboard packed in the Rhodes
and I'm headin' up.

(Did I spend too many years in Berkeley in the 60's?)

Saroj

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Alm" <salm@mn.rr.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Year's Insanity


> Wally,
> OK, the bass it is--only four strings and only one note at a time...easy!
>
> Saroj,  Yeah, you'll have to move here to Minnesota but don't worry--all
> those stories you've heard about our winters are all lies.  Right now we
> have the same amount of snow as Hawaii.
>
> As for skills, you'll need to remember the lyrics to the song you're
singing
> while three people are screaming in one ear to play some AC/DC and two
> others screaming in the other ear to do some Kenny Rogers.  All this,
while
> some moron insists on "jamming along with you" on the piano and his
friends
> think it's funny when he spills his Black Russian on the keys.  Then
you'll
> have to keep your cool when some one calls you a moron because you refuse
to
> do "Close To You" by the Carpenters.  You'll also have to come to the
rescue
> of the female vocalist when some asshole comes up to her and says, "Play
> Sinatra, bitch, or I'll twist your tits off!"  (That really happened!)
>
> Then there are the drinking requirements.  This is where Wally and Rummy
> might have the edge :-)   This is where the rubber meets the road and I
need
> pros--strictly pros.  How many drinks can you have and still sing "Old
Time
> Rock and Roll?"   We'll give you plenty of latitude on this one.  It
doesn't
> have to be perfect.  You just have to make the other drinkers, i.e.
> audience, think we're all having a great time.  Easy, eh?
>
> Slim
>
> On 1/2/03 4:12 PM, "Saroj" <saroj@pathfind.net> wrote:
>
> > O.K., I'm IN.  What skills do I need and do I have to move from
Virginia?
> >
> > Saroj
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Alm" <salm@mn.rr.com>
> > To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:01 PM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Year's Insanity
> >
> >
> >> I had a perfectly glorious and savage NYE at the Mall Of America where
I
> >> play.  We couldn't stop the revelers from dancing on stage at all times
so
> >> it was strictly guerilla warfare.  I managed to escape with only about
> > five
> >> or six drinks spilled on me and, oh yeah, only one guy puked on my
shoes
> >> (no, it wasn't me).  The poor sucker was literally crawling on his
hands
> > and
> >> knees--he crawled up to where I was standing, oblivious to everything
and
> >> just barfed right at my feet.  I would have been mad had it not been so
> >> pathetic and hilarious.  Shrug. "OK, next song:  Whiskey River."
:-O...
> >> I came home feeling like I'd been in a fight or something, still I
> > couldn't
> >> stop giggling.  I wonder if the Temptations ever have that happen.
> >>
> >> FYI for those who may be job-hunting this year--we're hiring.  Be the
rock
> >> star that you always wanted to be!  Lead the glamorous life of a
musician!
> >> Party 'till dawn and sleep 'till noon!  Clean vomit off your boots!
Call
> >> for an audition.  ;-)
> >>
> >> Cheers to all and may 2003 bring fair winds!
> >> Slim
> >> S/V Fandango
> >>
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> On 1/2/03 4:12 PM, "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Slim,
> >
> > Man you make it sound so glamorous!! My problem is I can't even hum on
key
> > let alone sing; so I am going to have to pass on the audition. I can't
play
> > a musical instrument either. I guess I could learn the bass, only four
> > strings, right? Hey, how hard can that be .....  :-)
> >
> > Now if you were looking for drinking pros, I seem to have a knack for
> > alcohol consumption and I have never puked on anybody's shoes that I can
> > remember.....
> >
> > Wally
> >
> >
> >> From: Steve Alm <salm@mn.rr.com>
> >> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> >> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Year's Insanity
> >> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:01:34 -0600
> >>
> >> I had a perfectly glorious and savage NYE at the Mall Of America where
I
> >> play.  We couldn't stop the revelers from dancing on stage at all times
so
> >> it was strictly guerilla warfare.  I managed to escape with only about
five
> >> or six drinks spilled on me and, oh yeah, only one guy puked on my
shoes
> >> (no, it wasn't me).  The poor sucker was literally crawling on his
hands
> >> and
> >> knees--he crawled up to where I was standing, oblivious to everything
and
> >> just barfed right at my feet.  I would have been mad had it not been so
> >> pathetic and hilarious.  Shrug. "OK, next song:  Whiskey River."
:-O...
> >> I came home feeling like I'd been in a fight or something, still I
couldn't
> >> stop giggling.  I wonder if the Temptations ever have that happen.
> >>
> >> FYI for those who may be job-hunting this year--we're hiring.  Be the
rock
> >> star that you always wanted to be!  Lead the glamorous life of a
musician!
> >> Party 'till dawn and sleep 'till noon!  Clean vomit off your boots!
Call
> >> for an audition.  ;-)
> >>
> >> Cheers to all and may 2003 bring fair winds!
> >> Slim
> >> S/V Fandango
> >>
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