My blogging
buddy Joe Stewart (http://joeb-tallyho.blogspot.com) and I share an enthusiasm for the New Orleans street band TUBA SKINNY. Although we are both in our seventies, to eavesdrop on our
communications about the band might remind you of two fourteen year old girls
thrilled over the Beatles.
Well, you would be wrong! that is
not us. We don't giggle and scream like
a couple of 14 year old girls. We are
old men, we grunt.
Joe had an
experience this past weekend that he considers a peak of life time experiences
of running into top blues and other music artists in sort of an Forest Gump
fashion. He got to see Tuba Skinny in
concert and the leader, which is Shaye Cohn, who is also the cornet player,
came over and talked to him. He said he
rates it as high as he as when he got to talk to Bob Dylan in 1964.
Joe said
Shaye was very friendly.
He was very
excited having met Shaye and getting to see Tuba Skinny play in person. I wrote and asked him did he mention to her
that he does Tuba Skinny Youtube a lot of his blog Talley-Ho.com? He hasn't answered me yet, I should have
asked did he mention my name.
Shaye Cohn
came out of a musician family. Her
grandfather Al Cohn played with Woody Herman and her father, Joe Cohn
was a classical guitarist.
Shaye can
plays mostly the cornet in the Tuba Skinny band but she also plays the piano
and violin.
And now,
from this video we know she can play the accordion also. Here is Shaye Cohn playing with Mucca Pazza in Chicago.
Take it away
Shaye!
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