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jwilli wrote:this was the best so far of any confluence, plus the catered party tonight had a wonderful host band, Chris Clayton's band, and man, were they fantastic. So was all the jamming/entertainment.

I have to thank Kenny and Darren for the best jam, to me, anyway. We have never played together and we pulled of a killer version of Won't Get Fooled Again

My hats off to Chris and Shelby, and EVERYONE else who took part in the planning of MARF 2008.
It was LITERALLY one of THE best times of my life!!!!!
I was in Rickenbacker HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!

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Yep, possibly the best one yet!

Wow Graham, that's VG!!!

I just wish I would have been there instead of having been in court on Friday & having to return tomorrow.

Even Tony Cabibe showed up!

wmthor wrote:I just wish I would have been there instead of having been in court on Friday & having to return tomorrow.

What did you get caught doing this time?

More pics:

The bass next to the laptop in the last group looks just like my walnut 4001.

I was hoping for a Skype call myself but I guess everyone was having too much fun That's OK, folks, I'll just sit here in the dark eating cat food, hoping for a kind face or word to break the crushing boredom of my squalid existence ... Oh, I'll be OK, don't even give it a thought ...

Hmmm, something's amiss here. I didn't type that post. I think that I was on earlier and must've forgotten to log out. The computer was in the reception area of The Hampton Inn. Anyhoo, I had a great time too!
John

jwilli wrote:

[quote="jps" wrote:

bassduke49 wrote:Last year's event at POR was in April, and it was another beautiful couple of days with a high temp around 80F. How does Chris do it? See, I shoulda been there

Did the guy with the '62 Fireglo 4000 ever show?

And who was the guy in the wheelchair?

Greg Alpaugh, I hope I spelled that right! He is another lefty bassist. Sorry you had to miss this one, Paul; this was the best so far of any confluence, plus the catered party tonight had a wonderful host band, Chris Clayton's band, and man, were they fantastic. So was all the jamming/entertainment.

I have to thank Kenny and Darren for the best jam, to me, anyway. We have never played together and we pulled of a killer version of Won't Get Fooled Again.

"jps"]

bassduke49 wrote:Last year's event at POR was in April, and it was another beautiful couple of days with a high temp around 80F. How does Chris do it? See, I shoulda been there

Did the guy with the '62 Fireglo 4000 ever show?

And who was the guy in the wheelchair?

Greg Alpaugh, I hope I spelled that right! He is another lefty bassist. Sorry you had to miss this one, Paul; this was the best so far of any confluence, plus the catered party tonight had a wonderful host band, Chris Clayton's band, and man, were they fantastic. So was all the jamming/entertainment.

I have to thank Kenny and Darren for the best jam, to me, anyway. We have never played together and we pulled of a killer version of Won't Get Fooled Again.

Hey there!!!!! Greg Alpaugh---LeftyRickBass here!!!!! YES Jeff...you spelled my name right.
I am the guy in the wheelchair.
This was my FIRST ever MARF event. All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!! It was an absolutely incredible event.

My hats off to Chris and Shelby, and EVERYONE else who took part in the planning of MARF 2008.
It was LITERALLY one of THE best times of my life!!!!!
I was in Rickenbacker HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!

LeftyRickBass
BTW----The Lefty Fireglo within the pic is mine. Bought at P.O.T.R.[/quote]

I can't THANK Joey enough for taking 1 full hour out of his day to share the confluence with me!

MY FIRST CONFLUENCE!!!!!!!! Well, almost!

It was SO VERY COOL seeing everyone and all those amazing RICS!

I even met Diane, Chris, Darren, Kris, Tammy, Steve, Jdog, Kenny, Graham, Jeff Scott, and so many others.....what an amazing hour that was. After 3 years of conversing with all of you, it was a blast to see and hear (well, sometimes hear anyway ) you guys.

I am SO PUMPED for SERF in just a few months. I can see why these confluences can be so addicting. Great people, great Rickenbackers, great music.........well, I missed the food THIS TIME but what a BLAST.

Janey said my face was lit up like a Christmas tree when I was on that call. She really wished we could have made that trip.

Sorry that you didn't hook up Kira, but SERF will be in ORLANDO (shameless plug....see the SERF thread) and if you can't make it, I'll bring my laptop!

THANK YOU ALL again for taking the time to talk to a laptop and to let me be a part of that fantastic confluence.

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SERF!

Tony you should change your avatar now..from grumpy to happy.

mrs_brown wrote:Tony you should change your avatar now..from grumpy to happy.

Good one Tammy!

That was the FIRST TIME I changed my avatar since the new format started...I was feeling kinda Grumpy not being there, hence my new TEMPORARY avatar ...I'm off to play my afternoon session, I'll have to find something more HAPPY when I get home!

Catch you guys later!

I posted some pics here:
http://web.me.com/jc_williams/Site/Last_Import.html