tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55669689756006313.post5328223335930374504..comments2023-11-03T11:04:18.211-05:00Comments on where the rock is: the "new" guysRobert Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12083668491519414851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55669689756006313.post-83008834190731980282008-10-04T14:38:00.000-05:002008-10-04T14:38:00.000-05:00Yo Griff, a bit of biographical clarification abou...Yo Griff, a bit of biographical clarification about myself for the record here:<BR/>I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO and do not hail from Champaign-Urbana, though I spent six fascinating years ('81-'87) living there while playing in the bands The B-Lovers/Turning Curious and Pop The Balloon.steve scarianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484401906875368712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55669689756006313.post-59343011087214097162008-10-03T08:27:00.000-05:002008-10-03T08:27:00.000-05:00Thanks Griff and right back at you. I've always b...Thanks Griff and right back at you. I've always been greatly honored to rock and hang with you and Enk.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Andrew Hill, years after the fact I'm still blown away that we got to see him perform here in St. Louis a few years before he passed. Astonishing in that:<BR/>1. He bothered playing here at all.<BR/>2. He played a rock club, fer chrissakes.<BR/>3. Despite minimal rehearsal with a local rhythm section the afternoon of the show, Hill's performance that night was truly masterful and spellbinding. <BR/><BR/>He was definitely in a piano league of his own...steve scarianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484401906875368712noreply@blogger.com