"Al deals With A Worry-Wart!"
At one of Marie West's organ parties, Al shared this story with me.
Seems Al was to play a party for a person who had not heard him play, and worried that Al would be able to do the job. This gentleman kept asking Al if he could play all the requests, if he had enough playing experience, etc. The man followed Al as he set up, and continued to ask questions. When Al was all set to play, he pulled out one of the old "Play by Letter strips and affixed it to his keyboard in front of the man. He then said if he could figure out where middle "C" was everything would be fine. Al said the look on the mans face was worth a million dollars. A great example of a great musicians wonderful sense of humor.
Posted by Joe Donohue
Thursday February 20, 2014 at 12:53 pm