Hey, Bruce
Yes - it was a little weird (in a good way) and much different than the typical experience - like being at a house party, and AA just happened to be some of the guests. As I mentioned above, Greg was surprised at just how small the place was. It's probably one of the smallest venues they've ever played, along with Blues Alley in Georgetown.

There is no "backstage" and no private quarters for "the Band." When it came time for the expected encore, Miles joked that this was the point at which they usually leave the stage and come back in response to the screaming fans, but in this case they couldn't because there was nowhere to go - so they just played the finale!

Upstairs, AA's stuff was piled in one of the rooms, and after the show, the Guys just filed out of the main room with the crowd! I walked out next to Gary G. and asked him about the ownership. It's actualy his cousin who owns the place.

The only AA "gig" (if you can call it that) in my experience that was attended by fewer was when I had the great pleasure of meeting Nick Webb in 1993. Nick and Greg were doing a promotional tour at Tower Records in DC. It was advertised on the local "Smooth Jazz" station, but for some reason only about 40 people showed up. I just sat on the floor in front of them and enjoyed. I distinctly remember Nick looking somewhat disapointed as he surveyed "the crowd" - but that was a long time ago.

Anyway, I hope they do The Blair again. It was great.
Best,
Bob

we have photos coming from several photographers - From BB King's, from Philadelphia and the Towne Crier Pawling, NY. Mike Chimeri said that he would pick out a couple that he took at the IMAC in Huntington, NY.

I'm building a new display for this years photos, so please bear with me...

Kat,

I've tried e-mailing pics from Scullers twice and the e-mails have bounced back saying the mailbox is full. Any tips or assistance?

the info e-mail box is really a distribution list, so if one of the mailboxes is full.... you'll get a bounce back.

I have your pics, so thanks for being so good about sending them!

The mailbox is still full. So, I'll send to you, Kat. I'm sending the same pictures that are in my blog post. If you'd like anymore, let me know.

As explained before ... there is no single "Mailbox" for Info@ acoustic-alchemy.net

The info "Mailbox" is a distribution list pointing to the actual e-mail addresses of multiple people. One of the individual e-mail addresses on the list - has a full inbox.

Please do not resend....my personal e-mail is now full from the from the resends of all the attachments. I know you all have good intentions but I can not re-define the distribution list until tomorrow evening.

Please be assured that I have received all of the photos to my e-mail - via the distribution list.

Thanks in advance.

I have modified the list.... sent 4 e-mails, no bounce back yet.

Will keep you posted, thanks.

No bouncebacks occurred from the test that I ran.

The other thing that I thought about... is that every e-mail service has a different size quote for inbound messages with attachments.

Mine is 12 MB per message.... but other providers have various sizes. Some of the e-mails were 10 MB or more.... and that's another potential reason for the bouncebacks with the distribution list method that we use for the website.

General rule of thumb.... try to keep each individual message to 6 MB or less.

Just wanted to let you know.... that there are some photos on the gallery page.... thanks to Mike Chimeri and Paula Lanier for their contributions.

Our plans are to separate the fan photos of the shows from the professional photographers' work - so in a week or so, you'll see that the 2008 fan photos will be separated into its own album. Todd Gay Photography will be in that group (along with Rick's when we get some photos from him! )

For best results, your photos should be no bigger than 600 x 500 pixels. We're looking for unique views and fun shots.... something a little different than the average photo.

Also, if you've submitted a photo of yourself with the band, I'm still working on a special display. The current "fan archive" is a little teeny-tiny, so I'm working on a better viewer for the 2008 photos. Stay tuned!

I updated my recap blog post. Thank you very much, Kat.