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Ivan,
I've been trying to email you but nothing is working. Anyway, I
wanted to ask you about the Thirdman Theme, and did the Shadows ever
cover it? Is it available?
Man, our bassist is leaving too! Unfortunatly, Matt writes about
half our songs so it will probably be a big change.
Bill
www.reluctantaquanauts.com
--- 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
