He got monkey finger, he shoot coca-cola
-J. Lennon / P. McCartney
I promise that this will be my only toe jam blog entry. TMI (too much information!!) as the young people say.
At a coffeehouse open-mic evening, I played with Rick and band (dubbed as "Rick S & the Beauty Queens" by some wag) . The lyrics of "Come Together" are . . . very interesting.
"Toe jammed" again several days later, I watched as the main wheel of Toe Jam Music, Tony Melendez, strummed and picked his guitar on the floor . . . playing with his feet. For you see, Tony was born with no arms -- affected in the womb by the drug, Thalidamide.
With his feet, he also directed the crowd in doing "the wave" and tossed frisbees to us. Fun! His music ranged from Tu Eres Mi Dios (You Are My God) to a Lennon/McCartney classic, "Let It Be" to Ritchie Valens' La Bamba.
I'd been aware of Tony's story but his drummer, Tim Pope, fascinated me with his one-handed drumming. He kept full purcussion going with his left hand while the right hand played "bass" on a keyboard.
Yikes! This band has no bass player!
I hold no illusions; I play average bass
Dispensable?
Produce or Be Replaced?
Listen! to Tony's untiring message
urging me on
until one day when I see His face
the message in his life,
in his music
of God's fountain of grace.
until one day when I see His face
the message in his life,
in his music
of God's fountain of grace.
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