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(Scott Dorsey) wrote in message ...
When I was in high school I wound up carrying stuff and wrapping cables
for a lot of folks in the area. I think the Kaiser and the Conroy Bowl
were probably the two worst-sounding places I had ever heard until I got
to work a tent at the E.K. Hernandez Midway....

The Hilton Dome was pretty bad, aluminum parabola with a concrete
floor. Not a good way to plan a music venue. Ah, you worked at the
E.K. Fernandez Midway too? Did you get to eat fresh hot Malasadas from
Leonard's Bakery? Did you hit 3 balloons with darts and win a prize? I
can still smell the sawdust.

Damned if I can even remember these days. I worked on a lot of things,
including a really weird local Dixieland group. I think I had just missed
Arthur Lyman at the time.

Was it Ken Alford and The Dixie Cats? Had to be! He recorded an album
at the studio I worked at. That guy got around. Some trivia: Did you
know Louis Armstrong, yes Satchmo himself, attended Ken Alford's
wedding and even sat in with the band? Benny Goodman also sat in with
them once. I wasn't there but there was an article about it in the
local paper. I knew Arthur Lyman, he passed away several years ago, a
nice man. Martin Denny is still alive and plays piano in his 90s. In
fact he lives near me and I see him from time to time. He is truly a
wonderful man and musician. I had the pleasure of interviewing him for
FM-Tokyo and we became friends.

I think it would be too depressing. Everyone I went to high school with
has moved to the Bay Area for the low cost of living. Places that I
remember as being cane fields are now hotels. I don't want to see that.
It's bad enough seeing what has happened here in Virginia in the past
couple decades.
--scott

We still have lots of cane and pineapple fields and quite a bit of
"country" left. If you really want to get away, Molokai is great. My
advice to those who are thinking of moving the "Have a good looking
wife and a TV because you'll be spending a lot of time looking at
them." Just kidding, I love it there and especially the people, folks
still leave their doors unlocked and lots of uninhabited land.

The last time I went, the Rent A Car people told me to just leave the
keys in the ignition! Great!

Audy O