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#385572 - 03/01/14 10:16 AM Re: This is as close as I get to being a jazz singer.. [Re: ianmcnll]
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Registered: 01/16/02
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Loc: East Greenwich RI USA
Well, LOL ...I've got some 'history' with this song and others from "My Fair Lady" ... when I was taking accordion lessons, I had to learn a 'book full' of "MFL" songs, and I never really liked any of them ... so now anytime I hear one, I still sort of cringe, and it's not because of the renditions posted here ... grin


As Gary said, it's not jazz, but if you WANT to hear a jazz version - the lighting is terrible, but it's all about the music:



Originally Posted By: DonM

You know, you can get by with faking a song on the job sometimes. A person wants to hear "his" song. If you can play enough of it, such as the signature riff and sing a chorus, he'll hear that and most often be satisfied and go back to drinking, eating and talking.


ABSOLUTELY !!! ...I have a friend who did not like the song "Memory" from "CATS", but there was a customer in the place he played for a while who requested it every week ... he would play the first chorus twice through, never play the bridge, and give it a big ending and the woman LOVED it ...
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#385594 - 03/01/14 04:21 PM Re: This is as close as I get to being a jazz singer.. [Re: tony mads usa]
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Registered: 01/02/04
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Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
I have a friend, Bill, who also was the local Coke bottler and the owner of the hotel I played. He is a major drunk, who occupies his own booth when he shows up; usually 3 times a week.

As he staggers t his booth, he says, "play my song", as he lays a $100.00 bill on my piano.

Now, the song is "Moonlight in Vermont", and I loved it each of the 104,000 time I have played it previously.

Now, when Bill comes back and asks where his song is, I tell him I played it as soon as he got to the lounge.

He thanks me profusely.

I figure he's tipped me $5900 is the last three years and I've only played that damn song once (LOL)!


Russ

Ah, drunks. Ya gotta love em. Especially the rich ones.

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#385595 - 03/01/14 04:27 PM Re: This is as close as I get to being a jazz singer.. [Re: travlin'easy]
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One of the major benefits of performing the NH circuit is I no longer have to put up with drunks, rich or poor. The rich ones were the worst, most offensive, and more often than not, the lousiest tippers. Go figure. smile

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#385596 - 03/01/14 04:29 PM Re: This is as close as I get to being a jazz singer.. [Re: travlin'easy]
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Registered: 09/21/00
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I hate drunks! male or female,mad & I've played thousands of gigs in bars, clubs, etc, in my years on stage seen too many of them..Grrrrrrr,....always did, always will,...all I can hope for is when they get in their vehicle & drive home is that they get stopped, and thrown in jail for DWI before they kill someone.


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