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LudwigPastorius

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35. The kid (maybe mid-20s) who was running sound at a club I played at...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:49 AM

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said to the band after our set, "That was the greatest thing I've ever heard in my life!". (This was a band that could best be described as Ornette Coleman meets The Allman Brothers.)

We just silently looked at each other after he said that, and the guitarist said to him, "Don't get out much, hunh?".

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