The Stone Soul Picnic
...had many highlights, but my personal favorites were when percussionist, vibrophonist, Hairy Ape, Frog Brigadier and GarageATrois-ist - of course, I could ONLY be referring to the inimitable Mike Dillon - instigated a musical conversation with piano genius, Henry Butler that had the two exchanging a rapid fire series of mind-boggling passages at lightning speed back and forth, like some otherworldly, fluent foriegn language from another galaxy. We were hard pressed to follow that one but Big Sam and his crew managed to up the ante just when the stakes were high and the dice was loaded! Big Sam, I hope you see this and know that I got your back, anytime, anyplace! You got a heart as big as your big, bad Funky Nation! Much love and respect! PM
