BOC: Binghamton

Laj Waldner erebus7 at DLCWEST.COM
Fri Oct 16 18:42:18 EDT 1998


John A Swartz wrote:

> >Back to Lurkerdom while I await the John Swartz debut album "The Bass
> Player Nobody Knows"  hehehehhehehehe
>
> HEY - I'm back catching up on e-mail and AB's comment just reminded me
> of something...
>
> John Swartz has now been officially seen "live" as a bassplayer...
>
> That's right folks, my reputation as a phantom bassist has been possibly
> irrevocably damaged.  Chalk it up to too much alchohol, but the story
> goes as follows:
>
> Last Saturday, my little sister got married.  The music for the reception
> was provided by the "Big Bad Bollocks" - a wacky Irish trio which I am
> not quite sure how to describe (I should ammend that they are a foursome,
> not a trio - oops) - kind of like a traditional Irish band on speed with
> their amps on 11.  But, they were a hell of a lot of fun - and, well, I
> guess I had a little bit too much to drink and lost some of my normal
> inhibitions.  They started playing this slow waltz where they had my
> sis playing the drums, and the bassplayer was not playing.  So, seeing
> that the guitarist was playing G, C, and D chords, I figured I could
> handle the gig, and after getting the singers permission, strapped on
> the Fender Precision and played along.  Wasn't exactly "Dominance and
> Submission", but it was 2 minutes of good fun (and I think the event was
> captured in pictures).
>
> Luckily, everyone else at the reception was probably too drunk to
> remember it...  :-)
>
> John


Hey John, are ya going too post some of these pictures on your site, the FAQ
man in action ;-).


Laj.



More information about the boc-l mailing list