RonF Posted March 20, 2003 Report Posted March 20, 2003 (edited) I think Jim was a Pip on that trip. Midnight Train To Georgia at -22? Brrrrrrrrrrrrr. Edited March 20, 2003 by RonF Quote
JSngry Posted March 20, 2003 Report Posted March 20, 2003 Being a Pip is a full-time trip! No man, this was in 1983, when I was living in Albuquerque, I went to Gunnison w/a group led by one Laney McDonald, an ex-Chicagoan pianist/singer who did a "lite" jazz/R&B trip. What club it was, I don't remember, but it was a "jazzy" bar. The hotel they put us up in shared a parking lot with the club. Walking from the room to the club was like being in a real-life Golden Circle cover. As for Quartet Out travelling, yeah, we'd love to. All it takes is a coordinated schedule so we can make enough along the way and back to not LOSE money, and that's where it gets tricky. To bring a band like ours into a club for one or two nights without having anything in between is most likely a losing proposition, unless the club has a really generous budget. But get a string of these things set up, a circuit, and it becomes more feasable. Of course, concerts and other venues are always alternatives. Bottom line - if we can do it w/o losing money, we're game if the scheduling is far enough in advance. If anybody has a plan, let me know. I'm reasonable, practical, and a real Pip to deal with... Sorry to throw the thread off topic, but you asked! Quote
BERIGAN Posted March 20, 2003 Report Posted March 20, 2003 Parkertown, I am sooo envious! Atlanta has had a strange winter as well...very cold until the last several weeks, now well above average...with it being cold for so long, there was not even the threat of a snowflake outside of the North Georgia mountains, and I think this would be the first winter in the 9 years here of no flurries even! (have gotten a few in late march in the past though-but it is going to be in the mid 70's tomorrow...not to rub it in or anything! ) Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 20, 2003 Report Posted March 20, 2003 Scott, I'm down in SW Colorado but some friends of ours in Bailey emailed photos that look exactly like that. Now that's Colorado snow! Where are you in SW Colorado? I reside in Pagosa. I was in Colorado Springs a few days before it started honking on the front range.I'm glad the area is getting the moisture.I'm also glad that I didn't have to travel through it. Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 20, 2003 Report Posted March 20, 2003 How far is Parkertown from Gunnison? I played a weekend there in January once, and the warmest it ever got was -22F. The snow was up over everybody's head. I dug it for a weekend, but I don't know if I could live in it. OTOH, it beats the hell out of tornados! Gunnison is a place where you can really freeze your huevos off! Another one that comes to mind is Alamosa. Quote
RonF Posted March 20, 2003 Report Posted March 20, 2003 No man, this was in 1983, when I was living in Albuquerque, I went to Gunnison w/a group led by one Laney McDonald, an ex-Chicagoan pianist/singer who did a "lite" jazz/R&B trip. Jim, We were in Santa Fe until 1981. Just wondering where you played in Albuquerque and if you ever drove up north to Santa Fe to play? There was a pretty cool recording studio in Cerrios or Galisteo(?), south of Santa Fe. I knew a few jazz cats who did some work there. Quote
Parkertown Posted March 20, 2003 Author Report Posted March 20, 2003 HURRAY!!! The plow came by! I can now get my wife this afternoon. I just talked to her and she's getting pretty sick of the work/hotel thing. Poor thing started to cry a little. She's gonna have to get much pampering this evening. Got the steaks marinating... Quote
Parkertown Posted March 20, 2003 Author Report Posted March 20, 2003 (edited) THE SKIING ON SATURDAY SHOULD BE TREMENDOUS!!! WINTER PARK GOT 61 INCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rsmile: :rsmile: :rsmile: Edited March 20, 2003 by Parkertown Quote
Parkertown Posted March 20, 2003 Author Report Posted March 20, 2003 Chris Olivarez, Nice to see you made it. Hadn't seen you since the demise of the BNBB. Did you guys get it in Pagosa Springs? And yeah, I've spent a few huevos-freezing nights in Alamosa before...think I got snowed in there. Quote
JSngry Posted March 20, 2003 Report Posted March 20, 2003 Mmmmm...steaks marinating....if not for the husband/wife reunion thing, I'd be over for dinner! Ron, I lived in Albuqueque from spring 1982-summer 1984. I played in a wide assortment of groups, ranging from kinda "commercial" blues bands, to the Albuquerque Symphony (one gig only, they did "Ebony Concerto" and needed saxophonists) to the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra (or as I called it, The Garlic Band, due to it's being the AJO), to everything in between - rodeos, shows, society bands, grungy "non-commercial" jazz groups, pretty much everything. Big fish in a small pond, you could say. Played at Danbi's, the Cooperage, some club over by the university with the beautiful soul Jesse Sawyer (R.I.P.), and lots of other places whose names I can't remember, as well as the ever-otherworldly Madrid Jazz Festival. Did a fair amount of recording, mostly demo sessions as a hired gun, but nothing outside of Albuquerque proper. Played Santa Fe on occasion (again, can't remember names, one club was in a hotel, that much I can remember), and caught a few concerts up there. Beautiful cities, both, although the last time I was in Albuquerque (2 years ago), the apparent lack of zoning laws had really take it's toll on that city's natural charm. Hey Scott, what's for desert? Ice cream? Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 21, 2003 Report Posted March 21, 2003 Parkertown- Likewise good to see you on this board. Pagosa Springs got more rain than snow out of this last storm.I'm glad the front range got the moisture though the commute must have been a major pain. Quote
RonF Posted March 21, 2003 Report Posted March 21, 2003 Ron, I lived in Albuqueque from spring 1982-summer 1984. I played in a wide assortment of groups, ranging from kinda "commercial" blues bands, to the Albuquerque Symphony (one gig only, they did "Ebony Concerto" and needed saxophonists) to the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra (or as I called it, The Garlic Band, due to it's being the AJO), to everything in between - rodeos, shows, society bands, grungy "non-commercial" jazz groups, pretty much everything. Big fish in a small pond, you could say. Played at Danbi's, the Cooperage, some club over by the university with the beautiful soul Jesse Sawyer (R.I.P.), and lots of other places whose names I can't remember, as well as the ever-otherworldly Madrid Jazz Festival. Did a fair amount of recording, mostly demo sessions as a hired gun, but nothing outside of Albuquerque proper. Played Santa Fe on occasion (again, can't remember names, one club was in a hotel, that much I can remember), and caught a few concerts up there. Beautiful cities, both, although the last time I was in Albuquerque (2 years ago), the apparent lack of zoning laws had really take it's toll on that city's natural charm. The ever-otherworldly Madrid Jazz festival. Boy, did you nail that! Good memory. The Madrid Blues Festival is a pretty spacey happening too. You could have played the bar at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe. They used to have jazz once in a while. From the Albuquerque Symphony to the rodeo. A day in the life of a New Mexico Jazzman! B) Quote
Parkertown Posted March 27, 2003 Author Report Posted March 27, 2003 I'm gonna delete this topic tomorrow, if no one objects? Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 Only if you send that snow to sw Colorado. Quote
Parkertown Posted March 27, 2003 Author Report Posted March 27, 2003 I'll try, as it is snowing again here. Quote
Parkertown Posted April 3, 2003 Author Report Posted April 3, 2003 When you have snow like this, there's not much else to do... Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 There's no buisness like snow buisness. Quote
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