Jim Alfredson

Greg, you should come! We should all get together and have dinner somewhere before the show and hang out. That would be a blast!

For your blasphemy, welcome to the banned list.

Ed... remember when they closed the BNBB down? Hasn't this been a great place to hang out? Man, I sure could use a new Apple Xserve to host the site myself and stop paying those monthly fees. Oh yes, and I would need a new Mac G5 to administer it from.

Yes, thank you Paul. It's always nice to have friends in the house. That stage is kind of weird and both Randy and I were having problems hearing my bass but there were some magical moments for sure. It's always a joy playing with my boys regardless of technical problems! I love playing our original tunes because, like you said, we do have a tendency to dig in to them and let it all hang out! Blake was supposed to be on this gig but the club owner is cheap and didn't want to pay for him. Oh well. One day he won't be able to hire us so cheaply either!!!!

Don't the CD burning capabilities of Sound Forge come in a separate software release? CDArchitect or something like that?

Good for you, Rooster. "Prudie's" reply was completely one sided. If you're not getting what you want, throw the guy away he's worthless. It's the Oprah-fication of America. For instance, I was watching Oprah this afternoon while relaxing before the gig (trust me, there was nothing else on) and she had this big thing about this poor guy who's wife hated his look and so they did a Queer-Eye make-over on him. Here's what he looked like before (he's on the left... I have no idea who the other guy is). You just know they told him to scowl before this shot was taken: And here he is after the make over (again, on the left... but notice how both guys have the same expression): Oh great, he looks like fuckin' Gray Davis now. Perfect! Thanks, queer guys!!! What the hell? I thought he looked pretty cool before. The hair should've been in a pony tail but you know... his beard was nice and trimmed. Now he looks like every other schmoe... yay. But he seemed to like it. His wife mentioned they were gettin' it on more now, so hey, bully for him.

We're so there!

That's a great interview... Jimmy was in good spirits! Funny stuff. Thanks for linking that.

That's really cool! I wonder if he was playing a newer or older Hammond. By the way the guy describes it, it sounds like a newer model, not a B3 but you never know. The B3 can look exotic to those that know nothing about it.

Another one, with Mel Rhyne too!

Found this on the web:

Did you get my address, Jim?

Is this the same Eddie Layton from this pic? I had no idea he was the Yankee's organist. That's very cool. Actually, I had no idea anyone even employed organists in baseball anymore. I figured it would be all pre-recorded music. Thanks for the story, maren!

I love this description from the Paragon website: WOW! Sophisticated chord progressions and notation, eh? Well, you lost me.

On a side note, check out how they describe the "tones" of Jimmy Smith on the AMG page: SUMMERY?!?! What the hell?

Damn. I was going to sign up for this when I got a little extra money and start getting the Fantasy catalog (plus some bluegrass for the misses). Guess not.

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