Klarinet Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 2008/01

From: myrnabs@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Benny
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:42:06 -0500

i almost cried with your story Kevin!! And you told it so well!! All in all, it all boils down to great playing doesn't it? How lucky you are to have witnessed one great performance! Another great thing is that you still remember it!! Thank you so much for sharing, this is why I love this group!!

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----- Original Message ----
From: Kevin Fay <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
To: klarinet@-----.org
Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2008 12:19:23 AM
Subject: [kl] Benny

Dan - thanks so much for a great story.

When I was 15, young and impressionable, I had the opportunity of seeing BG
in the Seattle Opera House (a Very Big Barn). I bought box seats and wore a
tuxedo to the show with a few of my high school friends - we knew that we
were young and ignorant, but this was a Very Big Deal.

As I recall, it was a great show.

Now, some 30+ years later, the poster for the show is framed in my office at
work. Every time that I think I am pretty good at what I do, all I have to
do is look up and be humbled.

. . . as I got older, and talked with some more folks, I became a bit
disillusioned with The Great Benny. Apparently, he wasn't a particularly
good boss.

OTOH, he could sure play. And the compositions that he commissioned leave
all of us in his debt.

kjf

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