I don't know if it was the same concert, but I remember him playing an all DeVise concert at a Lute Seminar Dominican College. Someone told me later he had injured a finger and played the whole concert with three fingers. I think nobody noticed any flaws. I think Paul Odette started off the week playing a lot of Dalza on a little lute. I remember you remarking to him how it was very folk-like in spirit.
On Oct 18, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Peter Danner wrote: I heard Hoppy under two very different situations back in the '70s when I was an officer with the Lute Society of America. Both were at summer seminars, which in those days were held in California. The first was at a seminar at Idyllwild in the mountains southeast of Los Angeles, where USC has a summer arts program. Hoppy played in an auditorium there that had a glass roof. It was not a large hall, but unfortunately there was a summer rain storm happening at the same time. Hoppy's playing was totally drowned out by the pitter-pat of the rain on the roof. The other occasion worth mentioning was at Dominican College in San Rafael. I was fortunate enough to draw Hoppy Smith as a roommate. The night before his big concert, he said he hoped I didn't mind if he practiced a bit as I was heading to bed. Hoppy was focused on de Visee in those days, and I still remember falling off to sleep to the delicious sounds of his theorbo and Les Sylvains. Peter Danner On Oct 18, 2010, at 1:26 AM, Thomas Schall wrote: I can follow your comment about Hoppy because he is playing at a *very* low volume. I have heard him both in a large church playing as well as in a small salon. The first has been disappointing - the second has been a nice experience. I've heard Julian Bream in a larger room - volume has not been a problem at all . -- To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [2]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ [3]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 2. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ 3. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/