[Harp-L] [Fwd: GARY PRIMICH MEMORIAL & LIFE-CELEBRATION]



Forwarding message from John "Juke" Logan regarding the Memorial & Life-Celebration for Gary Primich. I also included the details of the memorial in tonight's posting of the GigList.
- Danny
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Subject: 	GARY PRIMICH MEMORIAL & LIFE-CELEBRATION
Date: 	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:54:41 -0700
From: 	John "Juke" Logan <jukehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: 	<jukehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: 	John "Juke" Logan
To: 	<jukehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


/To my friends & associates who knew or knew of GARY PRIMICH:/ // / Hey y'all... John "Juke" Logan here... hope you are well & good.../ // / Possibly everyone receiving this is by now aware of the passing of my good friend & musical partner, intergalactic blues & jazz dynamo GARY PRIMICH (if you are not, I am sorry to be the one to bring the news to you), on September 23. Those in Gary's tight musical familia are already aware of the up-coming memorial & the details thereof; for those who are not, I've included the info. below. Folks are coming from all corners of the globe to celebtrate Gary's life & body-of-work, & interpret that work into a gigantic musical tribute (he'll no doubt be smilin' - & playing along - from where he is in the "next experience")... / // _GARY PRIMICH MEMORIAL & LIFE-CELEBRATION_: Sunday, October 28, 2007, 8pm SAENGERRUNDE HALL ("an 1866 German-immigrant-confederate-built public hall & bar") 1607 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, TX 78701 GARY'S FAVORITE CHARITIES (along with all the news that fits on his great career) are listed on _www. <http://www.garyprimich.com/>GaryPrimich.c <http://www.garyprimich.com/>__om_ <http://www.garyprimich.com/>_._ // / Also, below, I've included my contribution to Gary's obituary in the up-coming Blues Revue magazine, just because... / // / Love & savor every minute... love & savor every note you play or sing... Primich is listening.../ / Blessings - Juke/ /_____/ // / In losing GARY PRIMICH, the music world has lost a unique & amazing harp-player & blues artist, but has also lost a unique & amazing human being. And generous... as a band-leader he gave everybody tons of room, &, in a long-standing blues/jazz tradition, made his bands proving grounds & "schools" for the younger kats. He also ran his bands with a military precision that later earned him the nickname "Sarge"./ // / We met in the late 80's - he'd heard my song "Let's Buzz", started playing it & covering other tunes of mine, & got in touch with me. Within 2 weeks, he coaxed me to Texas, took me into his band (at the time the Mannish Boys) as a special guest, & he & Tina took me into their home (full of an unbelieveable array of the coolest dogs & cats on the planet)!! That's how Gary did things... he had an uncanny set of instincts, musically & otherwise. That Texas/Louisiana tour marked the beginning of a 20 year musical partnership & wonderful friendship, during which we played thousands of shows, wrote, produced & recorded together (he co-produced my "The TRUTH will ROCK YOU" album, cut in Austin), & we were just tight runnin' buddys - one of the best I've ever had.../ // / What set Gary apart from the other harp-players, for me, was his soul-jazz sensabilities. His playful phrasing reminded me of the alto playing of Cannonball Adderley. I used to refer to him as the "Cannonball of the Harp". Both of us being 60's soul-jazz freaks (worshipping at the 'Temples' of Blue Note, Impulse & Prestige), our double-harp shows took the form of bobbin' & weavin' harps with one-another, less head-cuttin' contests & more like the teamwork of a Blue Note record-like sax section. MORE FUN has never been had by 2 harp players in one band.../ // / Gary will be missed, but then again he'll be everywhere. A musical spirit like that sticks around, in so many ways, not the least of which is his recorded legacy, his musicology, his adventurous originality & his wide influence. I hope he's trading fours with Big Walter Horton right now.../ // / PLAY ON, BROTHER GARY PRIMICH!!!!! SIR, YES, SIR!!!!! I love ya' - John "JUKE" Logan/ /_____/


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