Re: D Minor

[SamWeiss <SamWeiss...>]

There's yet another quip on this subject that is rolling around in my head 
associated with Shelley Gordon (though at this point I don't remember if 
it's something he said to me or I said to him):

"The world was created in D minor."

At 11:45 PM 7/26/01, TROMBAEDU (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>Shelley, who is still very much alive, is a very witty man. On being spotted
>playing in the St. Patrick's day parade by a Chasidic kid who recognized him
>from the Williamsburg bandstands, Shelly said in response to the kid's
>puzzled "What are you doing Here?" "From one God you can't make a living."
>Shelly is, like Marty Bass, an unsung hero of Jewish Music. He was the lead
>trumpeter on the early Neginah Albums, especially the first wedding album,
>which was an excellent snapshot of Chasidic wedding music circa 1970. On a
>gig with him once, he responded to the query, "can you stay for the
>overtime?" "I would do it for the money alone."
>
>Long live Shelley!
>
>Jordan Hirsch