I hope that everyone out there has a great, a safe and happy Christmas holidays!
Remember, do something nice to a complete stranger today!
David Garrett’s very expensive fall!
David Garrett, who is referred to in Britain as the David Beckham of classical violin, fell down and broke his beloved violin late last year.
It’s sounds like another simple mishap that could happen to anybody, but the kicker is that his rare violin was worth one million dollars!
He revealed to his fans that after a concert late in 2007, he fell down a flight of stairs, he said it was like he slipped on a banana peel and landed on his most prized possession … a 18th century violin. They say that the restoration of this timeless treasure will cost him around $177,000. 00 (Can.) to fix and will be in the shop for at least 8 months. What a bummer!
This reminds me of the most stupidest thing I’ve ever done to one of my guitars.
In my College days, while under the influence, one night I backed over my old acoustic guitar with my car. At first I didn’t realize what the bump was, so wait for it … I put it drive and went over it a second time! After my buddy, who was rolling on the ground laughing at me at the time, opened the case up (I was too afraid to look myself) he said that the guitar inside was just fine! I had just bought a new, tougher case for the guitar one week earlier.
Pay attention when the counter gets to 1:32 of the video
David Garrett’s instrument itself was created by the famed violin maker G.B. Guadagnini. Guadagnini was fortunate enough to have studied under the great master craftsman, Antonio Stradivari. Stradivari, was most people know, is the father of the instrument that bears his name!
Too bad David didn’t spend a few more bucks on his case, just like I did with my acoustic guitar! Could a, would a, should of I guess?!
Keep on Jammin’
The 1980s band called Toronto
Toronto is one of the many favorite 1980’s bands that I enjoyed listening to and playing during that same time period.
Toronto had a sound that was a nice mixture of both Rock and Pop. I guess the best way to sum up their timbre, is to call it Melodic Rock. The band’s tunes stayed playing in the back of my mind, long after the music was turned off. Even today, every time I hear anything from them, it just brings back some great memories and really, isn’t that what music is all about?!
The band that I played many Toronto songs with, didn’t have a name back then. They were (the drummer) Domenic Nardone, a female bass player (who for the life of me I cannot remember her name right now), Eddie S. (guitar) and myself. We practiced this material over and over again until Eddie, who was the youngest in the band, started to flip out once in a while and go all heavy metal on us! This was just his way of getting back at us, I think?! In his mind, he thought that practicing was just to get together and JAM like wild men! The bass player sang like Holly Woods perfectly and she also had some decent bad bass chops, not as intricate as Chris Noto! This women had a some good ear training.
Even the score, Girls Night Out and Start telling the truth (which I really wanted a keyboardist for the band to play this one but couldn’t find one in our area) were just some of the fabulous dishes that this band served us up during in their hey day.
At the time there were so many other great bands out there, flying through the airways, that took away some of Toronto’s thunder. The music wasn’t all that technical, the structure of the songs did not challenge the imagination that much, but they had that certain harmonic gift, that made me always want to hit the repeat button over and over again!
So here I hope to jog some of your musical memories, out of the old brain box, for some of you fellow Toronto fans. And I know your out there!
Toronto the band maybe gone, but their certainly not forgotten!
Keep on Jammin’
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