Parents came back from Thailand two days ago. Showed me photos last night. My Dad standing beside an elephant PLAYING HARMONICA. Certainly didn't look like any Marine Band I'd ever seen. Dad swore that the elephant played it. Its trainer told him that the young elephants are sent to school where they stay for three yrs and then kept in service in the tourist trade until they are retired at 70. Being formally trained the elephants take a very dim view of jammers. They know all the songs. Why don't you?
The elephants can be quite a handful to gig with. Anybody onstage ask "Hey, what song's next?", the elephants lose their temper ("Oh man, we've been thru that ONCE ten years ago!"
The advantage for gig managers is the elephants will damn near play for peanuts ('Hey, you sure you guys ain't union ?').
At first the elephants were too scared to go onstage because they thought they'd look conspicuous. They bought cheap sunglasses and found they blended right in with everbody else in the band. Nobody except for the bassplayer knows they're there.
Their arrogance knows no bounds. They tend to call all the tunes. Nile Delta Blues. But you'd be arrogant too if you could remember every damn riff you ever heard.
For Brassharper's info….they ALWAYS know what hole they're on…
Regards,
jack aka Magic Trunk (damn….these cheap sunglasses keep slippin')
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