Re: M-100 - Brad......an explanation

[perryh@firefox.co.uk (Perry Hemus)]

Brad,

You wrote....

>btw - whois mrs miller?

well, a long story......

when I was sixteen, I was playing downtown Smethwick - Birmingham, in some
Shitty little Pub. I was depping in a Jazz Quintet for the first time and
had to struggle on the bus to the gig with my  old Honer Pianet!

When I got there, It was heaving with workers who had just finnished their
shifts at a steel factory or something. They where all pissed and ancious
to hear us. I started to set up my piano and hooked up to the PA, it looked
like some sort of radio transmitter from WW2. The crowd was getting
restless and we where forced to start without a soundcheck, We started with
something like 'All blues' or 'So What' I can't remember  ?  Anyway, after
a few of these standards' the uneducated audience of thugs started to get a
bit restless......then, a massive brick shithouse of a bloke came up and
grabbed the alto players mike and started to sing as follows:

"......Do you know this one?

.....it's in A F*****G sharp!

.... and the bloated oaf started to sing....

ooooooooohhhh, oooooooooh, oooooohhhhh Mrs Miller,
where are my bloomers
ooooooooohhhh, oooooooooh, oooooohhhhh Mrs Miller,
theres a ladder in my bloomers.......and so on

.....to the tune of  'Star Spangled Banner' or something similar?

He was still there singing when after we had packed up and left. We did'nt
get paid, and I almost gave up playing at that point.
Twelve years later and I still can't shake off those haunting lirricks from
the bowels of my mind.

oooooh Mrs Miller, you have alot to answer for.

Cheers Brad!