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Post by valis on Oct 4, 2005 19:41:13 GMT
From www.macca-central.com/macca-news/morenews.cfm?ID=1866featuring some very weird photos. _______________________________________________ Sep 26, 2005 by Mike Kovacich by Mike Kovacich Can you imagine sitting in a packed jazz club listening to a trio blow away, then you see a couple walk-in and there is a buzz amongst the crowd. You can't really tell absolutely who the man is but . . . no it can't be, you can't miss the attractive blonde and then you put it together. Then this man, goes up to the stage and requests a song, the band starts to play "The Very Thought of You". He then jumps up on the stage and starts singing the song, later borrows a trumpet and jams for an hour. This is what happened a few months ago at Shelly's in New York City where Joey Morant was playing with his trio. During one of his sets, in walked Paul and Heather. The place was packed with tourists and everyone was buzzing. Paul went up to Joey and asked if he knew how to play "The Very Thought of You". Joey replied yes, and the band began to play the tune. Paul did indeed go up on the stage and began singing along. He then asked Joey if he could play his trumpet. Paul use to play trumpet as a child and that trumpet was a "C" instrument. Joey's trumpet is in "Bb", and so Paul had to make a few adjustments. Not only did he play with the band, but stayed up there on stage for nearly an hour. Tony B, a New York singer/songwriter who is a good friend of Joey Marant told me this story and was kind to let me share it with you all. Tony also sent the pictures from that evening. Tony unfortunately was unable to get to the club that night and missed not onlyon the jam but the chance to meet Paul McCartney. What an incredible evening for Joey Morant's Trio, and of course the delighted audience. All Love Jan
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Post by johnny on Oct 4, 2005 19:54:31 GMT
Was that strawberry or grape jam?
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Post by defhermit on Oct 4, 2005 21:01:04 GMT
that's pretty cool!
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Post by beatled on Oct 4, 2005 23:28:35 GMT
Was that strawberry or grape jam? http://*banned link*/smilies/scratchinghead.gif[/img]
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Post by madtitan125 on Oct 5, 2005 8:27:14 GMT
notice the color of faul's "ears" vs. the rest of his skin (face, neck).
dot very compatible. darn prosthetics!
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Post by BeatlePaul on Oct 5, 2005 8:30:32 GMT
It speaks for itself (no more comment needed) Mr. Billy "right handed" Shepherd ....
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Post by BeatlePaul on Oct 5, 2005 8:38:04 GMT
notice the color of faul's "ears" vs. the rest of his skin (face, neck). dot very compatible. darn prosthetics! I've always thought the same... See the attach of the prosthesis. You could notice the same on "Driving Rain" back cover. VERY INTERESTING ABOUT AT:www.prosthesis.com/about.htm
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Post by AuroraLucy on Oct 5, 2005 11:47:17 GMT
Billy using his right hand to hold the trumpet really doesn't mean anything. The trumpet is a right handed instrument. You use your right hand to play it, so normally trumpeters will only use their right hand to hold and play the trumpet if they're just fooling around with it. It's rare to find a trumpeter who uses his left hand only to hold the trumpet while playing.
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Post by Perplexed on Oct 5, 2005 12:53:27 GMT
Billy using his right hand to hold the trumpet really doesn't mean anything. The trumpet is a right handed instrument. You use your right hand to play it, so normally trumpeters will only use their right hand to hold and play the trumpet if they're just fooling around with it. It's rare to find a trumpeter who uses his left hand only to hold the trumpet while playing. Yes, the orientation of the tubing makes it impractical to depend solely on the left hand to play it. The right side of the trumpet has a gripable design, from which you can also manipulate the pistons, but the left side has only the wide pipe leading to the bell, with only the back of the valve housings esposed, nothing below that and out as far to establish a stable grip on. One can grip a Bb trumpet from the right and work the valves without using the left hand, to a point. Here below, Paul is actually playing a type of bugle or fluegelhorn with a fatter tubing; notice he holds it a bit sideways and grips with both hands: Hmmmm............a leftie's approach to trumpet playing.....you have to get the pistons within control of the left fingers, you need the right hand to stabelize it. But, A rightie CAN play trumpet, to a point, with one hand. To really tear off some serious trumpet playing, though, you need both hands coordinating, and a well-tuned diaphragm blowing a well controlled air stream thru well-practiced lips. Which-------er, um------sounds a little bit R-rated. So then, trumpet playing really amounts to an artfully delivered blowjob. Sorry to you folks at the Forum Unified Council on Prudent Internet Speach, (the F.U.C. on P.I.S.) but sometimes you just gotta shoot straight from the hip, or thereabouts.* *Restricted. Children under 17 not admitted without a parent or other legal guardian. In fact, with language like the above, just send everybody home at once.
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Post by AuroraLucy on Oct 5, 2005 13:54:25 GMT
I'm a left handed trumpet player, and I was always taught to play with my right hand. That's the side that is most convenient. The left hand side of the trumpet is designed solely for support. It would probably be possible to play the trumpet left-handed, but it wouldn't be corfortable, or practical.
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Post by abbey on Oct 5, 2005 16:11:11 GMT
This is a very interesting thread. JoJo, that smilie you used concerning Johnny is adorable ;D I'm always glad to see that you're still here with us.
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Post by BeatlePaul on Oct 5, 2005 17:35:42 GMT
Billy using his right hand to hold the trumpet really doesn't mean anything. The trumpet is a right handed instrument. You use your right hand to play it, so normally trumpeters will only use their right hand to hold and play the trumpet if they're just fooling around with it. It's rare to find a trumpeter who uses his left hand only to hold the trumpet while playing. Oh .... sorry... missing picture.... I was referring to that:
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Post by Perplexed on Oct 5, 2005 18:46:09 GMT
I'm a left handed trumpet player, and I was always taught to play with my right hand. That's the side that is most convenient. The left hand side of the trumpet is designed solely for support. It would probably be possible to play the trumpet left-handed, but it wouldn't be corfortable, or practical. True. I was surmising that Pal was playing backwards as an amateur. You just can't wrap your left hand around it! I am right handed and I use to play double horn. It became very natural to me for my left to do the rotors and thumb valve. So, a leftie can learn to do right handed trumpet
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Post by joejoe on Oct 6, 2005 18:32:01 GMT
A right handed person would naturally hold a drink in his right hand to keep it steady, and have the microphone stand in his left. Especially moving about on stage, and after having a few. As a righty, I know that would be more comfortable for me. Was Paul ambidextrous?
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Post by helterskelter on Oct 8, 2005 2:16:10 GMT
No, I'm pretty sure Paul was left-handed.
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Post by defhermit on Oct 8, 2005 18:20:37 GMT
holding the microphone AND holding a drink are both things that are easy enough to do that a left handed person AND a right handed person could freely switch between the two... think about it, do you only hold your drinks in one hand? no.... the horn could only be played right-handed... hence, you can gather nothing from these pictures about this man's dominant hand...
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Post by abbey on Oct 10, 2005 19:01:44 GMT
Defhermit, Paul used both hands to hold his cigarette &/or his drink. The main things that he did leftie were write & wave. Although I'm sure if I look hard enough, I would find photos of Paul waving with his right hand. I don't know about him writing with it. I'm a rightie & I sure can't write anything legible with my left hand. So, I have to agree with you that the photo of Bill with the horn proves nothing concerning hand dominance.
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Post by missbeat on Oct 10, 2005 23:52:40 GMT
Yes, Paul was left handed. I'm a right handed, but since I'm Beatles Fan, I'm learning write with left too but I'm not so good at it. I was 15 years old and would to write like Paul, don't tell me why
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Post by defhermit on Oct 11, 2005 0:49:46 GMT
you're learning to write left handed because you like the beatles? huh?
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Post by helterskelter on Oct 11, 2005 0:53:34 GMT
Hee hee yeah I kinda know what you mean missbeat. I would like to learn the guitar someday and I sort of want to learn to play it as a leftie even though I'm a rightie. Don't ask me why either.
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Post by byrdsmaniac on Oct 11, 2005 2:20:16 GMT
Being a Hendrix fan, I'm going to learn how to play left-handed burning guitar with my teeth, behind my back!
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Post by missbeat on Oct 11, 2005 10:59:44 GMT
Yes, I'm a very crazy Beatles Fan I play guitar too, but I'm not so good like the Beatles . I play with right. My fahter wouldn't never accept it if I would play with left. But it makes fun to play guitar. My father is a good teacher to teach guitar playing ;D
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