Meet our friend Sam
Feb 19th, 2007 by Perry
A quartet needs to build as large a repertoire as possible when it begins to perform a lot, and of course that comes about in the natural course of events. But having a large repertoire also means there is a need to brush up on that group of songs and routines often, which accounts in part for why there is such a need for regular practice.
“Timing,” as has been noted by wiser men than I, “is everything.” And timing is what suffers when there is a failure to go over the songs often enough. The little song I want to share with you today was one of my favorites because it shows we were pretty adept at timing since we do do a number of duets in it. Of course, if we got together today to try to sing this song, after so long a layoff as we’ve had, that timing would be one of the first things to suffer.
In any event, I hope you enjoy “Sam, the Accordion Man” by clicking on the link below.
