[Trombone-l] Trombone inspirations

[Earl Needham]

At 06:05 PM 2/3/2007, Michael Needham wrote:
>One of the players at the top of my list is James Pankow.  Other 
>players include JJ, Mark Nightingale, David Steinmeyer, Bill Russo 
>(heck, the whole Kenton bone section from that era); down on the 
>bass side some of my favorites include George Roberts, Randy Hawes, 
>Charlie Vernon, Doug Yeo, Bill Reichenbach, plus many more in both categories.
>
>   And of course I can't forget my first influence on the horn--the 
> guy that gave me the crazy idea to play this weird looking 
> instrument in the first place: Earl Needham.  Thanks Dad.
>
>   --Mike

         Aw gee, Mike, you sure surprised me!  I've got tears running 
down my cheeks after reading that!

         Dad/Earl

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