I can remember jamming all night with my piano player wife, them were indeed the days. My late wife had her music degree from the State University of New York and maintained a relationship with the music department, a ready pool of students for her, and we got insider and backstage entree in a variety of music venues. Once even had Marian McPartland at our house for a jam session, when she, Marian, declared that our Yamaha C5 piano had one of the nicest actions she had ever played.RiverRat wrote:Hey Jim,jimlongley wrote:
I have to ask if Houston Marchman's sig is on that guitar?
I don't think I have ever played with Houston. The signatures are only people that I have played with and specifically got to sign it. Since I am mainly a songwriter and a sideman that plays Mando, there aren't a lot of "front men (or ladies)" signatures that most non-players would know on the guitar.
On the other hand, my wife plays a lot of country with a lot of name players. She is a piano player and still does the opry circuit pretty regularly. She has played with the house bands with the Lockhart, Llano, Mason, and Georgetown Oprys, etc.. Still plays in the house band at Lockhart. Opened at the La Grange Opry last month... that kind of thing.
It's all fun, but with age, you have to be a lot more careful about how much stress you put on your joints, wrists and fingers. I pretty much never exceed three sets a night anymore.....used to play all day, all night.
Yeah, them was the days.
Houston is my (distant) cousin.