"matching tracksuits and everything"
Two
of my closest friends were at the wedding: Dave and Janusz
(a.k.a. Johnny). The one thing the three of us have in common
is an obsession with music.
Dave and I spent many an hour "playing" guitar when we were in high school. We were pretty bad, hence the quotes. (He brought with him to Poland a recording we'd made "back in the day," and it turned out to be a clear explanation as to why are dreams of rock 'n' roll stardom remained just that.)
Johnny and I spent many an hour playing" guitar. There's only one quotation mark there, because one of us can play: Johnny wields a mean flaminco axe, and when he really gets going, he's quite the blues player. I still manage just "to fiddle about." (Quick, quick: name the album and the band.)
| Cokolwiek ta trójka (ja mówię na nich trzej muszkieterowie) będzie mówić o swoim pogrywaniu, my wiemy że są wspaniali i zawsze z ogromną przyjemnością będziemi ich słuchać. A tak na marginesie, wójek Mietek, który w Warszawie prowadzi swoją małą wytwórnię płytową, w niedzielę, po ich koncercie w altanie powiedział — "Dobrzy są, kurcze dobrzy są, ale to jest pasja a nie biznes." — a on chyba wie co mówi. Chłopaki, może jeszcze powinniście sobie to przemyśleć. |
It was inevitable, of course, that the two should end up on stage together. What wasn't so inevitable was their choice of song: a blues "Stairway to Heaven."
| Actually, these pictures are from three different performances: Johnny sat in with the band on "Biały Miś" ("White Teddy Bear"), then Dave and Johnny played "Stairway" together, then Dave and Johnny did a Dukbutter classic, "Ways of the World." |
(Random group photo without any silly explanation or introduction)
After the stellar performances, there was nothing left to do but sit and talk about the brilliance.
| © 2012 Gary Scott |
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