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Having grown up in a close family, I can dig the public fraternal lovefest. Good for you! Holy cow, you guys have played with/seen a veritable who's who. Hey Bill, I've enjoyed your brother's stuff enormously, but I have yet to hear yers. Wanna trade CDs? Yours in Fruitcake (with No Funky Fake Fruit and Lotsa Rum), ~Tim Mungenast > [Original Message] > From: loop.pool <looppool@cruzio.com> > To: LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting) <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Date: 12/22/2005 4:48:12 AM > Subject: thanks, Bro!!! > > Bill Walker wrote: > "fond indeed. We got to see so much great music back then, I feel lucky. > Like > the first Mahavishnu Orchestra Tour, and some of the early ECM stuff like > Eberhard Weber and Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie, those were mind > altering experiences to say the least." > > > Yeah, bro, not to mention Weather Report, Chick Corea and Return to > Forever, Shakti, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius and going back further: > Jeff Beck, Yes, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Earth Wind and Fire, > Cream, the Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother with Janis, > It's a Beautiful Day, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young and > even further back: Peter Paul and Mary > (oh my god.................did I admit that? <giggle>) and a zillion other > gigs too numerous for me to remember. > > I also feel pretty damned good that I have shared so many wonderful >gigs > with you over the years, Bill, whether > seeing them or playing them............... playing with Babatunde Olatunji, > Tao Chemical, Rhythmical, Worlds Collide, Third Wave, Two, Walkers > ....................opening in those bands for King Sunny Ade, Youssou > Ndour, Thomas Mapfumo, The Thompson Twins, Berlin, Santana, Huey Lewis and > the News, the Neville Brothers, Bonie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Loggins >and > Messina..........................fucking Cher and Kenny G (lol, I saved > those two for last, perversely)............so many friggin' gigs. > > We grew up together and I feel blessed to have played with such an amazingly > talented and truly creative musician. > > I love you and I don't mind saying it in public! Thanks for sharing so > much of my musical life with me, bro! > > Rick