mesavox
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I started working as a road rep for a music store back in August, and I may have learned that the person I replaced had an interesting, and rather funny relationship with Big Poppa.... I'd be interested to hear any stories BP might have. As we all know, the mom and pop stores of today are a dying breed. I work for a 50 plus year old company, so I am sure there is some rich history.
The long long long time road rep before me (well, there were a couple of short term people who didn't work out) was Jack Sheerer. From what I hear, he was known to BP as Jack from Liberal that isn't so liberal. LOL
Jack was one of my college guitar teachers. He is a solid classical player, but he is a MAGICAL jazz player. His glory days were the 40s and 50s when tunes like "Girl From Ipanema" were the biggest hits in the world. Even with arthritis rearing its ugly head, it was always a delight to hear him play, but the stories of his gigging days were the highlight of my week when he was my teacher. There was never any doubt that he had forgotten more about music than I'll ever know, and what he remembered was colossal.
I haven't seen Jack in a while. We don't live in the same town, but I intend to find time to have another sit down with him as soon as I can.
Brier and Hale was once a thriving store with many employees... Now it is a small store with a few employees, but still surviving and still needed by local schools. We all know that the Wal Martization of the economy has a lot to do with small store's struggles, but the struggles of school music programs has equally as much, if not more to do with it.
The best news is we still rock the EB strings...
The long long long time road rep before me (well, there were a couple of short term people who didn't work out) was Jack Sheerer. From what I hear, he was known to BP as Jack from Liberal that isn't so liberal. LOL
Jack was one of my college guitar teachers. He is a solid classical player, but he is a MAGICAL jazz player. His glory days were the 40s and 50s when tunes like "Girl From Ipanema" were the biggest hits in the world. Even with arthritis rearing its ugly head, it was always a delight to hear him play, but the stories of his gigging days were the highlight of my week when he was my teacher. There was never any doubt that he had forgotten more about music than I'll ever know, and what he remembered was colossal.
I haven't seen Jack in a while. We don't live in the same town, but I intend to find time to have another sit down with him as soon as I can.
Brier and Hale was once a thriving store with many employees... Now it is a small store with a few employees, but still surviving and still needed by local schools. We all know that the Wal Martization of the economy has a lot to do with small store's struggles, but the struggles of school music programs has equally as much, if not more to do with it.
The best news is we still rock the EB strings...
