Thanks, Bro.
My big brother had some major influences on me.
See, he is eight years older than I. Being the little brother, I wanted to do things with him and be like him- including following his footsteps in choosing the tuba as my instrument in band- even though I was the smallest kid in school!
Now, it is very much in the nature of the inquisitive, obnoxious, overly verbal 12 year old little brother to want to visit and hang out with his 20 year old cool big brother at said Big Brother's dorm room half an hour by train from home. It was- I later realised- very atypical that he let me visit him at the dorms and hang out with his friends.
If I never said it before- Thanks, Dude!
Happy early birthday, too!
As a result of his influence I became much of who I am today. He got me into science fiction, weird foods, gaming, hiking, computers (getting me access to the mainframes at his Uni when I was 12!) and bluegrass music.
The performer who I have seen more than any others- and I saw the Grateful Dead at least a dozen times- is David Bromberg- whom I learned about from my Bro- for he took me to see Bromberg the first time when I was, oh, call it 13. (He also let me tag along to Atlantic City with his buddies and let me use his ID to get into the casinos when I was 14- before driver's licences had pictures!) Together we have seen David Bromberg solo, the David Bromberg Big Band and the The David Bromberg Quintet and I have also managed to see The David Bromberg Angel Band, The David Bromberg Little Big Band, The David Bromberg Quartet and about five other different variations.
I don't like much of the Bromberg I have found online, but this 20 years ago incarnation of an electric Bromberg brings across his stage presence well enough:
Ah- here he is soloing on six-string with slide:
Good times.
See, he is eight years older than I. Being the little brother, I wanted to do things with him and be like him- including following his footsteps in choosing the tuba as my instrument in band- even though I was the smallest kid in school!
Now, it is very much in the nature of the inquisitive, obnoxious, overly verbal 12 year old little brother to want to visit and hang out with his 20 year old cool big brother at said Big Brother's dorm room half an hour by train from home. It was- I later realised- very atypical that he let me visit him at the dorms and hang out with his friends.
If I never said it before- Thanks, Dude!
Happy early birthday, too!
As a result of his influence I became much of who I am today. He got me into science fiction, weird foods, gaming, hiking, computers (getting me access to the mainframes at his Uni when I was 12!) and bluegrass music.
The performer who I have seen more than any others- and I saw the Grateful Dead at least a dozen times- is David Bromberg- whom I learned about from my Bro- for he took me to see Bromberg the first time when I was, oh, call it 13. (He also let me tag along to Atlantic City with his buddies and let me use his ID to get into the casinos when I was 14- before driver's licences had pictures!) Together we have seen David Bromberg solo, the David Bromberg Big Band and the The David Bromberg Quintet and I have also managed to see The David Bromberg Angel Band, The David Bromberg Little Big Band, The David Bromberg Quartet and about five other different variations.
I don't like much of the Bromberg I have found online, but this 20 years ago incarnation of an electric Bromberg brings across his stage presence well enough:
Click to viewAh- here he is soloing on six-string with slide:
Good times.