Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:27:55 -0500 From: "Pratt" Subject: : Re: Harp player on MNF?
Howard Young wrote:
The harp player on Monday Night Football was St. Louis' player Jim McLaren who plays in the Soulard Blues Band..........(big snip)........... If any of you blues players are ever in St. Louis, this session is the one to hit. I know of at least one list player here who has attended recently and I suspect there are others.
To which I reply:
I attended this jam back in the end of July. I admit, after watching Jim McLaren through the first set, I was more than a little nervous. He's got the chops. I think I acquitted myself reasonably well for three or four songs. Its so much easier with a great band like Soulard. Howard is right about this jam. It is really well run with very appreciative audience. Its incredible to me that a jam can run for 18 years. That really says something about blues fans in St. Louis. I'm trying to finagle another 'business' trip to St. Louis.
