CAAS 2004
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CAAS 2004 |
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2004, my third time at Nashville CAAS. A unique meeting, as usual I could meet the like of Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, Guy Van Duser, Jim&Morning Nichols, Richard Smith (to name a few), plus a number of others like Mark Casstevens (legendary Nashville session-man ), Suzy Bogguss (country singing star), Laurence Juber (with Paul McCartney's Wings in the past), Joscho Stephan (young german talent that plays the best Django-style), Pat Donohue, Duck Baker, Pat Bergeson and many, many others. My special thanks to Mark Pritcher for having me there, to Mike and Beth Voltz, my family in Nashville, and to Don Jones for the help and kindness |
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The very first day, everything has to be opened, in a couple of hours the game will begin |
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Stage 1 before the P.A. is set up and everything is finally prepared |
Always something going on in the room where Epiphone, Sand, Mermer, Bollenback and others have their stands: John Knowles e Guy Van Duser, two legends meet |
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One of the two rooms where master classes and close-up concerts are held (mine was here), Guy Van Duser playing |
Same room, different act: Don Jones and Alice Newman entertain us with a beautiful show |
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| After 2 o'clock in the morning a jam session is going on every night; Tommy Emmanuel, Richard Smith and Jim Nichols having fun playing Chet tunes | Richard Smith's picking party, a must on Sunday after the convention | |
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| Mark Casstevens, a real legend, one of my favourites; I played with him backstage my version of the "Jiffy Jam" to discover right after that he played on the original Jerry Reed one! | Finale jam with Boots Randolph and friends; white t-shirt for the man who played bass with Chet for more than 30 years | |
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| Joscho Stephan and his father jammin with fiddle on Stage 1 | Pat Donohue, a great comeback | |
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| Duck Baker with my Larriveč | Tommy Emmanuel in a great shape | |
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| Kirk Hanser and the new arrival! | Night jam with Joscho Stephan, Tommy Emmanuel and John Standefer |
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Flight... |
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| ...and program |
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Comin' home... |
