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Rock and Roll Saxophone Quartet
Hello all! Skip here with another installment of my blog.
This time I’m “on the road again” with
much to tell about new saxophone publications, recordings
and transcriptions.
My family and I are traveling the Pennsylvania Turnpike,
returning from a weekend gig in Pittsburgh. No, a weekend
out of town is not officially “on the road” however
it does remind me of the incessant days of traveling I
did with my first road band several years ago.
This weekend was a blast. On a musical note, the gig was painless and the horn section was tight. Apart from the gig, my family and I sampled the tourist attractions and learned some of the city’s history. Some of the lesser-known facts were about the nearly 100 year old Omni Penn Grand Ballroom where we played. Lawrence Welk’s original “Bubble Machine” was on display and it seems Bing Crosby proposed to his wife there in 1934 as well. Our grandmothers surely would have been impressed!
read on…
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