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Started by rustyg61, January 27, 2013, 06:57:16 PM

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hieronymous

A friend of mine does sound for Victor Wooten, so we got to meet him after a show in Osaka, Japan:
 

artswork99

Hey Harry, so you know Jack too!  Great guy!

lembic76450

This is a picture of my band with Garth Hudson at Lupo's quite a while back.  We were blessed when he sat in on accordion on  Ripple
 

hieronymous

Art, Jack used to hang out with my old band Jiggle the Handle - he eventually became Larry the Light Guy and then became an excellent sound man!

lbpesq

Garth Hudson?  Cool!!!!  
 
Bill, tgo

lbpesq


 
Jimmy Ibbotson from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tommy Chong, and yours truly playing my Ferlembic.  
 
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rustyg61

Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong fame??
Rusty
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terrace

Tommy Chong played in Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers who were on  Motown Records and was/is a good player

rustyg61

Rusty
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lbpesq

Not only is he good (he was a pro musician before he was a comedian), he briefly played in the Vancouvers with Jimi Hendrix!
 
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rustyg61

I did not know that! Thanks for the history lesson!
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peoplechipper

Rusty, I'd love to meet Robbie again to see if he remembers that, I would've been four or five so 1970-71, the horror of his brother getting married in Mississauga ontario with no good hotels...I have a Tommy Chong story too; years ago('80's) I lived in Deep cove BC outside of Vancouver and one day Tommy Chong and a buddy kayaked up to the government dock just as we were about to smoke a fat one...needless to say we invited them to join in...I doubt he ever says no...Tony

rustyg61

Smoking weed with Tommy Chong would be like playing golf with Tiger Woods, he's a pro! LOL!
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lbpesq

Actually, smoking weed with Tommy Chong was more like playing golf with Willie Nelson.  (Let's say there was more than just golf happening).  
 
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peoplechipper

Probably right...still very strange...think about a bunch of teenagers sitting on a government dock about to smoke a fatty(now in Deep Cove that was normal and no one batted an eye; in fact there was still a LOT of acid around there then, I can assure you, heh heh) but it was still pretty odd to have Tommy Chong show up even though he owned a place in west Vancouver at the time...that's a pretty long kayak paddle...so I would warn that he's stronger and fitter than he looks...