UpperRegister wrote:
You know it's hard to imagine, however, I believe there was a time when Doc almost gave up playing the trumpet!! It's very hard to imagine isn't it. Perhaps someone else on the forum here could elaborate about that a little bit more.
Well, we all know of Doc's testimonial regarding Maynard. "I heard him warming up.....I don't know why I kept playing after that". "His warmup was frightening and then....He'd go on stage and do it all over again".
But I seriously doubt Doc almost gave it up because of Maynard.
I know Maynard has had something to do with quitters and starters. But Doc?
Ask Doc. I would not be afraid to ask him if he almost quit because of Maynard because I think he would joke about it. Then I would tell him he and Maynard are astounding in their abilities on the instrument.
Bill