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Dave Unger

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EMERGENCY need a Bouzouki in Chicago area
« on: September 06, 2007, 11:44:35 PM »

The band I'm about to tour with has had a Bouzouki disaster flying here from Scotland.  Does anyone in the Chicagoland area have or know for a rental house with a 10 string Bouzouki they could rent or lend to them between Sept 11 and the 17th?

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Re: EMERGENCY need a Bouzouki in Chicago area
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2007, 12:43:52 PM »

Problem solved!

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Re: EMERGENCY need a Bouzouki in Chicago area
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2007, 01:06:24 PM »

Dave-

Tim O'Brien has a story about telling an airline's luggage people that his bouzouki was lost by the airline.

They heard the "bouz" part and filled in the rest to make "bazooka."  Mr. o'Brien got to speak with several interesting people who had real weapons and secret communications devices...

Moral of this story?  Say "musical instrument" to the airline and TSA-types... unless you are talking about a banjo.. even those folk know the banjo is really a weapon, not a musical instrument.  Sorry, Mr. Fleck...

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Re: EMERGENCY need a Bouzouki in Chicago area
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2007, 01:10:31 PM »

I'll have to share that story with the boys! Laughing

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Re: EMERGENCY need a Bouzouki in Chicago area
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2007, 10:14:39 PM »

Tim McCulloch wrote on Fri, 07 September 2007 13:06

...Moral of this story?  Say "musical instrument" to the airline and TSA-types... unless you are talking about a banjo.. even those folk know the banjo is really a weapon, not a musical instrument.  Sorry, Mr. Fleck...

Tim Mc

Q: What's the difference between a banjo and a chain saw?
A: 1) A chain saw has a dynamic range
   2) A chain saw has an "off" switch

Q: An accordionist, a bagpiper, and a banjo picker all jumped off the Empire State Building at the same time. Which one hit the ground first?
A: Who cares?

Q: What's the difference between a banjo and an onion?
A: You cry when chopping up an onion.

Laughing  Laughing

Y'know, it takes a few moments to wrap one's head around the phrase "Irish bouzouki." It just has an odd ring to it, like "kosher sushi" or "Chinese EAW speakers"...um, oh wait!  Twisted Evil
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Re: EMERGENCY need a Bouzouki in Chicago area
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2007, 10:32:01 PM »

Mike Butler (media) wrote on Sun, 09 September 2007 21:14

Tim McCulloch wrote on Fri, 07 September 2007 13:06

...Moral of this story?  Say "musical instrument" to the airline and TSA-types... unless you are talking about a banjo.. even those folk know the banjo is really a weapon, not a musical instrument.  Sorry, Mr. Fleck...

Tim Mc

Q: What's the difference between a banjo and a chain saw?
A: 1) A chain saw has a dynamic range
   2) A chain saw has an "off" switch

Q: An accordionist, a bagpiper, and a banjo picker all jumped off the Empire State Building at the same time. Which one hit the ground first?
A: Who cares?

Q: What's the difference between a banjo and an onion?
A: You cry when chopping up an onion.

Laughing  Laughing

Y'know, it takes a few moments to wrap one's head around the phrase "Irish bouzouki." It just has an odd ring to it, like "kosher sushi" or "Chinese EAW speakers"...um, oh wait!  Twisted Evil



The band I'm hitting the road with in two days features bagpipes.  They are border pipes.  Quite beautiful sounding.  I play the banjo, so I guess we're made for each other!

Twisted Evil
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