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In the booklet of one of the 80s CD reissues of Freddie Hubbard’s CTI albums, there is a story of Freddie blowing cigarette smoke into one of Rudy’s microphones. Rudy is said to have rushed into the studio and removed the microphone and temporarily aborted the recording session out of anger, if I recall correctly.

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17 hours ago, Daniel A said:

In the booklet of one of the 80s CD reissues of Freddie Hubbard’s CTI albums, there is a story of Freddie blowing cigarette smoke into one of Rudy’s microphones. Rudy is said to have rushed into the studio and removed the microphone and temporarily aborted the recording session out of anger, if I recall correctly.

I'd do that too!  :o Condenser mics especially have a very sensitive membrane that would be compromised by the particles in smoke.  I'm sure Hubbard would have clocked RVG if he even bumped into Freddie's horn...

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This is from John Snyder's notes from the 1988 reissue of Sky Dive:

"On one of Freddie's dates, he lit a cigarette, and blew smoke into Rudy's new mic (Rudy would cover the labels with tape or remove them altogether, so nobody could cop his moves), and Rudy stormed out of the studio and didn't come back until the next day. That cigarette cost Freddie about three grand. But, let's face it, he probably has gotten three grand's worth of use from retelling this story over the years. I know I have."

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