TONY SPARGO

[peter paul sbarbaro jr]

HELLO RIFFTIDE JON PETTERS IM HEALTY MY 10 YEAR BATLE WITH PARKINSONS I HAVE LIKE MY GRANDFATHER THE DRUMMER AND HIS SON MY LATE UNCLE HAD KILLED THEM AINT GONNA KILL ME

[RIFFTIDE]

hello paul rifftide here or jim to my mates which you certainly are.
Your grandad kills me every time i hear those masterly drums, especially "when we were young maggie".
Hope your doing ok in the big apple, and im sorry we dont chat like we once did, but i have no landline these days and use my mums pc.
Im ok i have a nice little dog, a new flat and a new job so thats ok.

Thanks for putting me on to ace drummer Kevin Dorn who plays with such style and class and doesnt use this forum to promote himself.

Keep in touch old mate and all best from me.
Jim

[John Petters]

Hi Peter Paul, lovely to hear from you. Glad to hear you are fighting that nasty illness, and I wish you the best of health.
I am eternally gratefull to Tony for the inspiration he gave me and still continues to do.
Jim mentions 'Maggie', which is a great performance, but the killer for me is the 1936 small band recording of 'Tiger Rag', with Tony driving Nick LaRocca's searing horn. Tremendous drumming and a real desert Island disc.

Good to hear you are keeping well too, Jim. Good luck wwith the new job.
Keep swinging
John

[peter paul sbarbaro jr]

thanks and doing my geneology 500 years on ancestry.com l have ancestors in turkey iran irag saudi arabia isreal-palestine lebanon syria egypt on armenia russia and my dads side genoa naples french ireland spain prussia germany and britan to virginia i got dbs deep brain stimulation 1 moth ago and so far its like turing the clock back 5 yeras