Prime Directive

Steve Nelson is in this band. I heard him as as early as 1978-79
playing in The New Brunswick Jazz Collective (New Jersey). I
guess the last time I heard him in Jersey was 1985-86 playing
in a friends group. I also heard a performance of Charles Mingus'
Epitath outdoors at Lincolin Center with him in the big band
about 10-12 years ago. Local cat does good!

The only other guys from the scene (that went on to get major attention)
would be the guys from fusion band Stretch,
the bassist, Dave La Rue and drummer, Van Romane went on to become
the Steve Morse Band. Van is currently playing with a famous Spanish
heart throb, who's name I can't remember.

* David Beardsley
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--- In metatuning@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> Steve Nelson is in this band.

I like him very much. Good trombonists are a good thing.

> The only other guys from the scene (that went on to get major
> attention) would be the guys from fusion band Stretch

Are there *two* bands named Stretch?

Cheers,
Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: "jonszanto" <JSZANTO@...>

> --- In metatuning@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> > Steve Nelson is in this band.
>
> I like him very much. Good trombonists are a good thing.

He plays tuned percussion - vibes, marimba.....

> > The only other guys from the scene (that went on to get major
> > attention) would be the guys from fusion band Stretch
>
> Are there *two* bands named Stretch?

They did it first!

* David Beardsley
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--- In metatuning@y..., "jonszanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> --- In metatuning@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> > Steve Nelson is in this band.
>
> I like him very much. Good trombonists are a good thing.
>
> > The only other guys from the scene (that went on to get major
> > attention) would be the guys from fusion band Stretch
>
> Are there *two* bands named Stretch?

this is scary. in all my extensive web searches, i've never come
across another *fusion* band named stretch. whoops!

----- Original Message -----
From: "paulerlich" <paul@...>

> > > The only other guys from the scene (that went on to get major
> > > attention) would be the guys from fusion band Stretch
> >
> > Are there *two* bands named Stretch?
>
> this is scary. in all my extensive web searches, i've never come
> across another *fusion* band named stretch. whoops!

The scary part is how you only searched the net instead of
doing a legal search on a brand name.

http://www.glennalexander.com/discography.htm
- click on the green album on the right. T. Lavitz was a guest!

http://davelarue.com/news.asp

* David Beardsley
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--- In metatuning@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "paulerlich" <paul@s...>
>
> > > > The only other guys from the scene (that went on to get major
> > > > attention) would be the guys from fusion band Stretch
> > >
> > > Are there *two* bands named Stretch?
> >
> > this is scary. in all my extensive web searches, i've never come
> > across another *fusion* band named stretch. whoops!
>
> The scary part is how you only searched the net instead of
> doing a legal search on a brand name.

are you saying this band is still active? i found plenty of active
rock bands with the same name, so i didn't think it would be
worthwhile or feasible to secure it as a brand name. or am i
misunderstanding you?

----- Original Message -----
From: "paulerlich" <paul@...>

> --- In metatuning@y..., David Beardsley <db@b...> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "paulerlich" <paul@s...>
> >
> > > > > The only other guys from the scene (that went on to get major
> > > > > attention) would be the guys from fusion band Stretch
> > > >
> > > > Are there *two* bands named Stretch?
> > >
> > > this is scary. in all my extensive web searches, i've never come
> > > across another *fusion* band named stretch. whoops!
> >
> > The scary part is how you only searched the net instead of
> > doing a legal search on a brand name.
>
> are you saying this band is still active? i found plenty of active
> rock bands with the same name, so i didn't think it would be
> worthwhile or feasible to secure it as a brand name. or am i
> misunderstanding you?

You should have done a trademark search.

And read this: http://davelarue.com/news.asp
You're asking me a question I've already answered.

* David Beardsley
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* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley