Jazz Cafe at the Music Hall

We had a great time playing at the Jazz Cafe in the Music Hall in Detroit recently. There was another band in the line-up (Bogden Vasquaf) and we sat in on each other's sets. This is what I love about music, you meet people for the first time, you already have a common language.

The lead singer in the band was a mailman by day and inventor by night. He has created an upright string bass made out of a cardboard box! This is serious business! He collaborated with engineers to come up with a great sounding, affordable solution for those who don't have ready cash for the real thing. In fact he has sold over 1000 of these world-wide in stores and on the Internet! There is a thriving cottage industry out there of folkie musicians who make instruments out of everything from cigar boxes to gourds. It's amazing what they come up with. This is the kind of ingenuity we need to see more of to combat this brutal economy! You can find out more about the "box bass" at http://www.edencompanies.com/bogdon/.