Posted by js on January 27, 2002 at 00:15:22:
In Reply to: How did you get your start? posted by Doug on January 26, 2002 at 21:36:41:
' started on trumpet.
Half-way though the school year, the band director stated that he would "need somebody to play the bass horn".
As a joke, everyone in the trumpet section said "Joe will do it". (At the time, I was a garage band electric guitar playin' head-banger...and not a bad one...' dern good beginner trumpet player, too). Looking back at those smelly beat-up nasty monstrosities, I chimed in (sarcastically) "YEAH, I'll do it." The band director said, "Get back there."