WEDNESDAY August 16
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Puttin on the ritz! OK, it's a first, we ate breakfast at the
Ritz-Carlton, courtesy of Harold Fethe, JMW Board member and stellar
guitar player. Thanks man, it's a far cry from the dollar meal at
McD's, I'll tell you! Then we drove north, took on the Golden Gate
Bridge and took some shots at the vista point (I'll post as soon as I
get a fast connection).
We played and walked the town of Mill Valley met some great folks a
made a podcast or two, didn't even get rousted by all the cops. I
guess the band has taken it to a new level.
Then on to Fairfax, and our dear friends Wendy and Tim. First we went
to a slamming dinner at Sorella's, a first-class Italian restaurant (and
having been to Italy as many times as I have you can tell an impostor
before you go in. This is the real deal). We ate family style, and they
generously donated the meal to the cause...wow! What an eating day we
had...it just kept getting better. We played some tunes in and out of
the place and manged to stop in a few different places as we walked
over to the hit to drum up (or in this case box up) some people for our
hit at 19 Broadway. Man, what a fun time! With all of the
street hits, it was nice to play with amps and a full drum set, find
out how the arrangements are faring, I must admit, I was not at all
disappointerd. Young Noah has taken his game to new level everyday, oh
to be that young again. We had lots of sitters-in, even a mosh
pit slam dance cow bop style session, you had to have seen it.
We have the long trek up the north coast now, real pioneering in store,
wish us luck. The gig ran very late, we just didn't want to stop.
However, I think I'll let this go for now and catch up tomorrow, stay
tuned.
Gentle reminder: We're out here for JazzMasters Workshop, all of the
funds we raised from tonight's gig were donated by evereyone in the
band. Can you help out too? Pleeeze!