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Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2023-08-16 07:44
Sol Yaged was such a great character. I loved getting to hear him play, and love hearing the stories from others who interacted with him.
I'm curious whether anyone here on the bboard has any such stories they'd be willing to share.
I posted it before, so I'll just give a brief example of one of my "Sol" stories to get things started:
My first time meeting Sol (at the old Il Valentino in NYC before it closed down - back when it was at 330E 56th Street)...he introduced himself, and asked us where we were from. When I told him, he said, "Really?! I've been there!"
Shocked, I asked, "Really?!"
"Yes!" he replied, "I spent the longest week of my life there one night!"
We chuckled as he handed us his business card and he went on to the next table.
Then, after the break, he introduced us to the crowd as "his good friends" - and then lied to everyone - telling them it was our anniversary. He had us stand up to loud applause as he padded our resume with more lies - and then chatted with us (back and forth across the room for all to hear) as if we had truly been old friends (a ruse that was extremely embarrassing for us, but which provided a lot of mirth to the everyone in attendance - and made a great memory for us.)
Of course, Sol played clarinet beautifully, but I think I admired his showmanship/character almost as much as his exceptional playing.
Fuzzy
;^)>>>
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Curious whether you have a Sol Yaged story... new |
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Fuzzy |
2023-08-16 07:44 |
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A Brady |
2023-08-16 23:04 |
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