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Sunday, July 08, 2007

Brian's 70th with Rance's Rocking Chair Band

On Saturday evening we went to Brian's 70th birthday party at Guildfords 'Aggi' club. We presented him with an appropriate card, depicting his old pastime of drumming and his present passion of photography. It was called 'Drummers Get All The Luck' and showed drumming on a naked woman's body. We thank trombonist Dave Hewett for producing the card.
Brian had hired Rance's Rocking Chair Band, led by Dave Rance (cornet, mellophone and vocals). The picture is from an earlier appearance at the Cricks. This band is well worth seeing for its mix of humour and steady flow of jazz, hardly pausing to draw breath. The line-up is unusual in having both guitar and banjo playing together. Both musicians played guitar for a beautiful rendering of 'I Can't get Started'. Our other favourite was 'Big Noise From Winnetka' featuring some fine string bass playing.
Thanks Brian for a great evening.

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posted by Peter # 09:32

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