DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME;

"LA Ensemble in the House (of Blues)"

I got a call from Donovan, who works at our booking agency here in Hollywood,
wanting to know if the H.O.B. show was just gonna be the 5 of us or if we
intended to play the F.C. songs with an ensemble. Well, originally, the plan
was to do it as a 5 piece (hence the $17 tix) but 2 weeks ago the Singer
asked us to find some local musicians who might be able to handle the gig. I
contacted Gene (Arthur's Mgr.) and he got in touch with Gunnar (the guy who
wrote out the music for the Swedish Ensemble) who e-mailed the music to Dave
Chapple, who printed it out and gave it to me who mailed it to the
musicians, along with a burned copy of the RFH show. Whew!

Suffice it to say, we now have 2 trumpets, a violin, a viola and a cello. A tad
lighter than the Swedish Ensemble but this budget could only handle 5 extra
musicians, not to mention how Gene maneuvered a few financial things to make this
work out. All the musicians came highly recommended. One is from Brain
Wilson's band, a couple from the Santa Monica Philharmonic and a few from a local
group, WACO. By the way, the members are:

Probyn Gregory on Trumpet and Valvabone
Dan Clucas on Trumpet
Ana Vale on Cello
Heather Lockie on Violin
Paula Yoo on Viola

Ana stopped by my house yesterday, on her way to dinner, and picked up some
more music. I really like how enthused this lot are. I feel much better about
this HOB show and I think we are really going to redeem ourselves from that
less-than-perfect ROYCE HALL show. Oh, shoot, I nearly forgot to gossip! I was
dining at VERMONT Thursday night and guess who was eating 2 tables away (with a
brace on his wrist)? Jack White from the White Stripes! I wasn't sure
it was him but when I went to the toilet he got up and said hello. We talked
about the RFH show (He was there with Meg) and he may come out to the HOB show.
He was dining with a certain famous gal who just so happens to be known for
diaries. I HATE competition.

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Mike Randle
mike@lovewitharthurlee.com

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