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I enjoyed his stage presence especially on 36-24-36.
That is quite the history on Troubadors bassists. Maybe they joined
the Troubadors thinking there would be singing and the courtly love
tradition of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Did they all come to the first
practice wearing 12th century clothing?
--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
>
> --- In , "Jacob Dobner"
> <jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
> >
> > The bass player for the Troubadors left? I loved that guy. He was
> > great in the video clips I have seen of your set at Shadowmania.
>
> You must be referring to Jim Auge, who was with the Troubadours since
> early 2001. I REALLY enjoyed playing with him, though technically he
> was not the greatest, but what feel! And great stage presence,
> really fun. Sadly, Shadowmania '03 was the last show he played with
> us. It was all very amicable, we're still good friends. He started
> a sixties soul band called the Elevations with some friends in Ann
> Arbor, MI, and as the band quickly started becoming popular in the
> area, he just didn't have the time for the Trobuadous (understandably
> so). So, we parted ways with him quite some time ago. In February
> of 2004 we picked up Scott Waddell, first for the Troubadous but then
> as the Madeira formed, he became part of that band as well. His wife
> gave birth to their second child last month, and he decided that he
> needed to cut down on the music and spend more time at home. We have
> found a new bass player very recently, and we have our first full
> practice with him this weekend. His name is Todd Fortier, and he's
> from Indianapolis. We hope he'll also become a Troubadour in due
> time, but right now the focus is on the Madeira.
>
> I swear, bass players are our version of the proverbial-Spinal-Tap-
> drummers. Since the Troubadours started in 2000 we have had four
> different bass players (not counting the new guy Todd - he'd be the
> fifth). They just implode! (No bizarre gardening accidents yet,
> though.) But I've got a good feeling about Todd....
>
> Ivan
