TROMBONE TRIO

Gig -- The rest of the story ...

We asked Ira Gerig to give us a bombastic introduction to "God Of Our Fathers" which was the number we were going to play.

He did exactly that going on and on and on before it seemed he was ending his introduction. We snapped up our trombones in readiness to hit the first notes ... and then he rambled on again. We dropped our trombones down in confusion and waited for his introduction to be concluded.

He did that to us three times before he concluded this bombastic introduction, and then we hit our notes together ... duhhhhh ... duh duh duh ... duh ... duh ... duh ... duh ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT HE HAD DELIBERATELY LEFT THE INTRODUCTION IN A KEY WE WERE NOT GOING TO PLAY IN!

What a character he was (beside being one of the most brilliant musicians I have ever known). When they were expecting their first baby, he announced that they were going to name him "Buford Pugh." Then when he came home at night, he was going to walk in and say, "Buford .... PU!!!).