John ... Obviously we are 'on the same page' here ...our band was Alto Sax, Guitar, Bass, Drums and me on keys ... I progressed from accordion to Cordovox to Fender Rhodes during those years ... the best musician was our Alto player and we fed off him ... the Bass player was our 'featured' vocalist, and the guitar player and I sang more rock and pop stuff ... I actually preferred doing harmony and counter melody background (I guess I just happened to be a little better at it than the others) ... during the Christmas season the past few years I have concentrated on having my audience sing the melody to many of the songs while I sing harmony and counter melodies ... I've been performing at some of these places for a number of years now and the folks have come to look forward to these 'sing alongs' ...
Have a Merry Christmas ...