Moment - Posted June 8

For the musical moment last week I would pick one that happened in a put together performance for the Merriam organic farmers’ market. Bill Langsdorf and I of the Checkered Past band were filling in time before two other band mates (Lynn Snyder and Kerry Stanley) could join us after work. We jammed on Bill’s bluesy finger picking version of Amazing Grace and jazzed it up with flute and harmonies for a moment that sound like we had actually played the song long enough to be loose on it.

Lynn and Kerry joined us for a couple songs before thunder, lightening and a downpour got us scrambling to pack up the sound system and store instruments safely in cases. Then as we left, we drove straight towards that pot of gold and the end of the full rainbow and part of a double rainbow that led us to our respective homes. Although the pot of gold once again eluded us, it was quite an afternoon.<