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SUPERIOR BAR GIG THAT CARLOS TOLD ME ABOUT





I GAVE ONE TO THE BLUEGRASS FAMILY BAND THERE AND THEY GAVE ME THEIRS.
WHISTLE STOP BLUEGRASS BAND ARIZONA 2008

2008


Boyce Thompson Arboretum    02/09/2008    Drove down and then went to Superior to the Superior Bar and I have a gig TOMORROW.

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CLICK THE COVER TO READ CHAPTER NINE (9). Chapter Three is actually named The Superior bar.


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Boyce Thompson Arboretum    02/11/2008  i think this is the TENTH NOT 2/11   This is when I went for the first gig at the superior bar  I stopped here first. Well I sang 49 times. The bluegrass band was hired first so there was a

Boyce Thompson Arboretum    02/17/2008    Stopped at the arboretum before my second gig at the Superior Bar. There was a birthday there for one "Bear," a girl who had turned fifty. One dollar in tips. No CDs sold. They weren't big tippers. Alan had me play a long time. I had a steak at the picnic. An old cowboy wanted to sing "Cattle Call" and I did. He sang along. Actually he croaked along. He could only croak. He smelled like cigarettes. My guitar broke and I played everything on the $119 telecaster knock-off. I played most everything including "Old Faithful" and those.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum    02/24/2008    Third gig at the Superior Bar. GOT THE HYBRID HUMMER at last. Right at the feeder there. Nice House Wren. Alan booked three bands and didn't tell any of them. Two bluegrass and me. I finally got to play for 45 minutes or so. I was tired and didn't do such a good job and I want my variax back!

2/28/2008    I played after work at the superior bar. I played two hours. a group of photographers from glendale com college or something were there. I sold two cds. alan gave me fifty bucks. I've played there four times February 9, 17, 24, 28, 2008 One guy named cliff or clint sat there and listened. He bought a cd. (It is nov 30 2008 now and i remember 75 bucks. Oh, well I went there today and the bar seems closed. )


Boyce Thompson Arboretum    11/30/2008    Eleven measly birds and I was there a long time. I went to the SUPERIOR BAR. It was closed. Saw some leaves around the door. I went to a bar with a bunch of motorcycles in front of it. I went in and asked the guys at the bar what happened to the bar. They said he hadn't officially closed it, but that he hadn't been open in about eight months. Damn! There was a walking stick by the door of the Superior Bar, wasn't there? I took a picture.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum    02/26/2009    I took my furlough day and went here. Plumbeous Vireo and Green-tailed Towhee and Red-naped Sapsucker were the highlights. I went to the Superior Bar, and it was closed. I guess them days is gone.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum    4/30/2011    Met the Atheist group there. Al wouldn't clean up his mess on the table. Oh, they were so pokey walking that it was unreal. I met one of the arboretum guys who wants me to come and help with a bird count. I'd rather come and sing. There were musicians there. They were pretty good, but I like my show, so I'll go and look. I blabbed to one of the members. I walked. I lost Al and Tiger. Too slow. I split and I went to Superior, Arizona and someone had thrown a couple of rocks through the window of The Superior Bar. There on the side. There were a couple of holes and they crystalized the panes.

EMAILS RE THIS GIG
Superior Bar    Superior Bar
2/2/08
http://www.140copper.net/superbar1.htm

From:       Alan G. Benoit <alan@thesuperiorbar.com>
    Subject:     Re: Music at the Superior Bar / Hi Tom!
    Date:     January 24, 2008 5:57:02 AM MST
    To:       Tom Cole <tom.cole@asu.edu>

Hi Tom,
Sorry for the delay! Thank you for forwarding your info to me. I would love to have you come up & play at the bar sometime. Please give me a call @ 602-526-1800 (cell) or the bar @ 520-689-5400. Or better yet come up and let me show you around and see what you think. My wife & I really enjoy Caji & Salome and if they are fond of you I'm sure we will be too! Best, Alan Benoit


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Cole [mailto:tom.cole@asu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 05:21 PM
To: 'Alan G. Benoit'
Subject: Music at the Superior Bar

Alan,
Caji carbon copied me on the message he sent you and I wanted to know
if you had any use for a swing guitar player sometime at your bar. I
can send you a little demo that Caji recorded of me just strumming in
his livingroom without my sound system so you can get an idea of the
style and type of songs. They're western swing tunes and some jazz
standards from way back that are fun and easy for people to understand.
Tom Cole


Hi Tom,
Sorry for the delay! Thank you for forwarding your info to me. I would love to have you come up & play at the bar sometime. Please give me a call @ 602-526-1800 (cell) or the bar @ 520-689-5400. Or better yet come up and let me show you around and see what you think. My wife & I really enjoy Caji & Salome and if they are fond of you I'm sure we will be too! Best, Alan Benoit


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Cole [mailto:tom.cole@asu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 05:21 PM
To: 'Alan G. Benoit'
Subject: Music at the Superior Bar

Alan,
Caji carbon copied me on the message he sent you and I wanted to know
if you had any use for a swing guitar player sometime at your bar. I
can send you a little demo that Caji recorded of me just strumming in
his livingroom without my sound system so you can get an idea of the
style and type of songs. They're western swing tunes and some jazz
standards from way back that are fun and easy for people to understand.
Tom Cole


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9. El Bar de Superior
En 2008 un amigo mío de Brazil, Carlos, un guitarrista, me consiguió una actuación musical en el Bar de Superior en el puequeño pueblo minero Superior, Arizona. El exterior del bar, las paredes y todo eran de puro acero inoxidable y era un lugar más o menos de lujo a pesar del hecho de que muchos de los clientes eran harleros (motociclistas). Los harleros, sin embargo, no eran del tipo criminal que se ven más a menudo sino harleros que se vestían en ropa limpia y adornada de imágenes de motos y otras cosas. Me acuerdo de que uno gritó al público:
—¡No se les olvide dejarle una propina! Si no lo hacen, posiblemente ¡no regrese a tocar  aquí!

El dueño me dijo que su esposa y él estaban corriendo un riesgo con el bar y que esperaban que fuera un éxito. Creo que me dijo que habían gastado un millón de dólares para adquirirlo. No me pagaban al principio, pero un día Alan me dio 75 dólares. El bar estaba ubicado a tres millas del arboreto popular para observadores de pájaros así que las entradas en mi base de datos de avistamientos de aves que tienen el nombre del bar también siempre llevan el nombre Arboreto de Boyce Thompson: 

Arboreto de Boyce Thompson 17/02/2008    Paré en el arboreto antes de mi segunda actuación en el Bar de Superior. Había una fiesta de cumpleaños allí para una tal "Osa" una mujer que acababa de cumplir los cincuenta años. Gané un dólar en propinas. No vendí un solo CD. No les gusta propinar. Alan me hizo tocar mucho tiempo. Tuve un bistec en el almuerzo campestre.
Un viejo vaquero quería cantar "Cattle Call" y yo lo hice. Él cantó. En realidad, me acompañó graznando. Solo podía croar. Olía a cigarrillos.

Creo que solo tuve cuatro actuaciones allí ya que no hay otras entradas sobre actualizaciones después de lo siguiente:


Arboreto de Boyce Thompson 28/02/2008 Interpreté en el Bar de Superior después del trabajo. He interpretado allí cuatro veces el 9, 17, 24, y 28 de febrero de 2008.

Mi siguientes entradas parecen mostrar que el bar falló:

Arboreto de Boyce Thompson 30/11/2008 Once pájaros miserables y estuve allí mucho tiempo. Fui al Bar de Superior. Estaba cerrado. Vi algunas hojas alrededor de la puerta. Fui a un bar con un montón de motos delante. Entré y les pregunté a los chicos dentro qué pasó con el bar. Dijeron que no lo había cerrado oficialmente, pero que no había estado abierto en unos ocho meses. ¡Maldita sea! Había un fásmido (un insecto palito) junto a la puerta.

Arboreto de Boyce Thompson 30/4/2011 Fui a Superior, Arizona y alguien había tirado un par de piedras a través de la ventana del Superior Bar allí a un lado. Hubo un par de agujeros. Las  piedras habían cristalizado los cristales.

No pude terminar este capítulo sin incluir la versión actualizada del álbum. Tiene diecisiete canciones, pero ya que la canción extra, "Cool Water", es una grabación de estudio casera y no una primera toma, el título queda completamente correcto. La guitarra en la portada delantera es la de Nancy Bradbury, la esposa de mi amigo de la infancia, Jan. Ella era una cantante y música increíble.



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CLICK THE COVER TO READ CHAPTER NINE (9). Chapter Three is actually named The Superior bar. Oh, I forgot to mention this story that I heard was true. The mom and two daughters were playing together for a while and one day at practice the dad came in with a big old bass and started playing as he had secretly been taking lessons. You really need a bass.






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