The bass barbeque

[Martin Sheridan]

We had a small but well attended Bass Barbecue. My son in law cooked up some pork shoulder; actually loins I think. Very good. It was a lot of fun and we'll do it again next year, possibly earlier in the summer. It turned out that some of the bassist who wanted to come had to move into their dorms that day in other cities.
Peter Tambroni and Virginia Dixon came. They are both well known teachers in our area, and Virginia does clinics in Colorado and even Japan as well as the Richard Davis Foundation for Young Bassists. She's the author of the book on Suzuki bass. Peter brought some quartets but we spent too much time yaking and didn't get around to playing them.
However we were well fed and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Next week I'll begin working on a copy of J B Vuillaume. I'm letting go of the notion of a cornerless for the time being.