We had a very different kind of Workshop this past Saturday.
Having heard that a number of our regulars would not be attending, it looked as
though there would be no meeting. I went anyway, on the off chance that some
had not gotten the message or just wanted to play anyhow. After checking at the front
desk to confirm that no one was there, I mentioned that I would wait around
outside for a while. After a bit, a car parked next to me, but I didn’t
recognize the man who got out, and paid no attention. A couple of minutes
later, he came up to me and asked whether I was with the Workshop. Turns out it
was an old friend of the group, Serdar, with guitar in hand. So we went in and
played for the better part of an hour and a half, just the two of us. I can’t
speak for him, but I had a great time. We played Blue Bossa, All of Me (at
two very different tempos), Angel Eyes,
Too Young, Black Orpheus, and one or two that I forgot to write down.
Around 1:00, as we were thinking about leaving, Annie and
Carl popped in, so we had a nice four-person jam for another forty-five
minutes. Annie brought in a Bill Henderson tune, Sweet Pumpkin, which we followed with The Folks Who Live On The Hill. Then we had the usual fun with the
ballad It’s Wonderful, the old blues
tune St. James Infirmary, and the
classic Bye Bye Blackbird.
Participant Picks
Serdar: George Benson, Take Five
Carl: Jack Teagarden, St. James Infirmary
Annie: Bill Henderson, Sweet
Pumpkin
Steve: Ray Eberle and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, At Last
I’d been listening to this one for years before I ever heard
of Etta James.
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