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Video Interview: Twirp Anderson

 

Date

February 28, 2023

Duration

30:12

Archive ID#

2025.016.0007

Description

Video History interview featuring musician Twirp Anderson, conducted by Jan Garrett, February 2023. They discuss when Twirp first came to Aspen, their band the Hustlers (and their long gig at the Red Onion), and other musicians Twirp played with over the years. Twirp talks about the creation of the Deaf Camp and the concerts he played for the Deaf Camp picnics, as well as other benefits he participated in as a musician but also as an auctioneer. He gives a sample of his auctioneer lingo. He tells Jan that he has metastatic prostate cancer. Twirp Anderson passed away in November 2023.

Twirp Anderson

Interviewed by Jan Garrett

February 2023

2025.016.0007

 

Jan Garrett [00:00:09] Hi everybody. I’m Jan Garrett, and I’m so happy to be here today with Twirp Anderson. The one, the only, famous Twirp. And we’re just deciding to do a little interview here. And I’m going to be asking some questions because, Twirp, you have been in on the music scene here in Aspen for, God, when did it start?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:00:39] Well, it started with me coming from the West Coast…

 

Jan Garrett [00:00:45] Right.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:00:46] …you know where I was driving a logging truck. And anyway, why, one of our first gigs was in Aspen, Colorado, even though we were living in Boulder.

 

Jan Garrett [00:01:02] And who was it that…? What’s the name of the band that was in Boulder at that time?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:01:07] I think…

 

Jan Garrett [00:01:10] Was it the Hustlers then?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:01:13] I think it was still the Hustlers. Yeah. I believe it was. Yeah.

 

Jan Garrett [00:01:17] Okay.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:01:18] And anyway, I joined Mike Wuergler and Mel Anderson…

 

Jan Garrett [00:01:27] Right.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:01:28] …and replaced a guy named John.

 

Jan Garrett [00:01:33] Right.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:01:33] And anyway, we were a trio. And at the time that I joined, why, that’s when you came on board, Jan.

 

Jan Garrett [00:01:43] Right.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:01:44] And then one of our first big opportunities was getting that job at the Red Onion.

 

Jan Garrett [00:01:53] Now this would have been, Twirp, I’m thinking about 19–… was it 1966?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:02:00] 1966, yeah.

 

Jan Garrett [00:02:01] Yeah. That fall, because I was a senior at the University of Colorado, and I remember I had come back from a junior year abroad in France, and I was like, I want to do something with music. And I saw you all. There was some kind of a… I don’t even know where I saw the announcement, and I auditioned, and you chose me. So that was very cool.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:02:24] My first gig with you and the other two was a celebrity sports center in Denver. That was our first gig with the new constituted Hustlers.

 

Jan Garrett [00:02:43] I love that.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:02:44] You and I, Mel and Mike.

 

Jan Garrett [00:02:47] Right.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:02:49] And then we got a job in Aspen. And so we started entertaining there, and that went on for… until you left the group, Jan. For three years.

 

Jan Garrett [00:03:12] I had to go back to school. I had to go back to CU and do my teacher’s training. Because my mom, sweetheart mother said, “Honey, you can’t. You know that you’ll never make a living playing music. And so you have to have something to fall back on.” So I quit the band, and I went back to do my student teaching. So you guys were on your own for a while there. So tell me a little bit more about the Hustlers, when we were playing, especially at the Red Onion, mostly at the Red Onion, and what kind of crowds did we get?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:03:50] Well, we had great crowds and, not to overemphasize our success, but there were people lined up around the corner trying to get in to see our band.

 

Jan Garrett [00:04:06] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:04:07] Of course, I credit Mike Wuergler, the funny man, with being the biggest draw.

 

Jan Garrett [00:04:15] Oh, I don’t know, Twirp. I mean, so, yeah, Mike had some jokes, and he did the twisted fairy tales. You know, “here’s a story that’ll make your cresh fleep. It’ll give you poosegimples.” I mean, I somehow memorized that whole thing, but… and he did do “Super Rooster.”

 

Twirp Anderson [00:04:33] Yeah. “Super Rooster” was a big hit. And…

 

Jan Garrett [00:04:37] Honestly, Twirp, it’s like when you would take the stage and sing in that beautiful crooner’s voice, when you would sing “Bring a Little Water, Sylvy”…remember that?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:04:50] Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

 

Jan Garrett [00:04:52] Can you sing a little bit of that just for the hell of it? I mean, it doesn’t have to be perfect.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:04:56] “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” was one of the songs I sang a lot.

 

Jan Garrett [00:04:59] That’s another one.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:05:10] And anyway, I guess that was one of my big numbers then, so…

 

Jan Garrett [00:05:13] Oh, yeah, it was great, man. The people loved it. I mean, I guess it was just perfect. It was après ski. We did a lot of after ski and, yeah, people still remember that.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:05:26] Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think there’s still people up there that still remember.

 

Jan Garrett [00:05:32] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:05:33] A lot of people have passed on…

 

Jan Garrett [00:05:35] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:05:36] …you know, since we worked, but anyway… but it was great working with you, Jan. You know, that was a great addition to the Hustlers. You were a take.

 

Jan Garrett [00:05:52] Well, as I recall, I used to wear kind of a short skirt and, you know, I’d sing with my little acoustic guitar, so… Yeah, we had a certain something. What I’m going to do is, as we’re speaking, I’m going to insert some pictures that I have, some black and white photos of the Hustlers because it was kind of memorable, you know.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:06:19] Yeah. Well go ahead.

 

Jan Garrett [00:06:20] Well, we will. We will. {brief pause}.

 

Jan Garrett [00:06:24] So, as promised, here we are with this famous black and white promo, eight by ten glossy. This was the Hustlers. We used this for so many gigs. And as you can see, there’s Twirp on the left. Everybody is so young. Twirp’s got his banjo. And then there’s Mel Anderson on guitar, and that was no relation to Twirp, really. They were just friends. And then I’m in the middle with my straight hair, my tambourine and my short skirt. And then we have Mike Weurgler, our comedian, smiling there with his standup bass.

 

Jan Garrett [00:07:04] And now we’re going on to the first album, “The Hustlers in Ski Country.” So as that implies, we were playing a lot of gigs up in the high country. We played Vail quite a bit, and of course Aspen, and especially the Red Onion. So I know at the same time, we were playing a lot of gigs throughout the whole state of Colorado and even on into western Nebraska. And I do remember one memorable gig that we played at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver for the annual banquet for the Colorado Turkey Federation. I’m just saying we had a lot of different people that we played for. I think that was very special.

 

Jan Garrett [00:07:50] Here we are now, the Hustlers in action. This was an album that we recorded live at the Red Onion, and this album had a lot of favorites on it. It has, it includes, well, Mike’s rendition of “Super Rooster,” which is sort of unforgettable, and also his rendition of “Cinderella,” where he did the inside out, backwards and forwards, of that fairy tale. It was really great.

 

Jan Garrett [00:08:18] You can see now these black and white photos, they’re a little small, but you can get the sense of so much liveliness when we were playing on stage. And there, of course, you see Twirp on the far right with his guitar, singing some beautiful song like, oh, I don’t know, “Bring a Little Water, Sylvy.” Everybody loved that. There I am with my mandolin, and Mike’s doing his “Super Rooster.”

 

Jan Garrett [00:08:44] Oh, and so now I guess we go on back to just one more photo of the Hustlers in black and white. So you can remember all of us the way we were then. It’s so great. Thanks.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:09:02] What are some other things you’d like to know?

 

Jan Garrett [00:09:04] Well, let me say that after the Hustlers ended, which was at the end of the ’60s, kind of, you stuck around. I think you decided to move permanently to Aspen. Tell me about that.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:09:19] Yeah. When the group broke up, why, I moved the family up to Aspen because I had a job offer, Jan. You know, I’d been a truck driver on the West Coast.

 

Jan Garrett [00:09:33] Okay.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:09:34] And I was offered a job by Reed Harris, who was the founder of the Deaf Camp. He was also the superintendent at the iron mine. He worked for Morrison Knudsen. Had a deaf child. That’s how the Deaf Camp got started. But to go back, he offered me a job driving a truck. So I knew I had a job, and of course, I loved Aspen. And by then we were, I was skiing, you know, like you were. You were the swift one.

 

Jan Garrett [00:10:14] That’s a nice way to put it… out of control, but thank you.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:10:17] No. You were great. You know, I thought I could ski, you know. I thought skiing fast made me a good skier, which was wishful.

 

Jan Garrett [00:10:29] Well, what I remember in those days was that, and maybe this is the end of the ’60s, but early ’70s, was if you were employed by anyone permanently in Aspen, you could get a special coupon and go skiing for $1 a day.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:10:46] Yeah, yeah, I remember that, Jan. I remember that. So…

 

Jan Garrett [00:10:51] Things have changed drastically.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:10:54] I’ve got pictures. Somewhere in my pictures, you know, I couldn’t find them now, but anyway, of us on the mountain. I think there’s a picture, I think Michael Buono was in the picture, you know, and I forget who else. You were in that picture. We were all lined up, you know, and they got a shot of us. But anyway, that was a great time. Yeah, we’d ski during the day and then entertain that night, so…

 

Jan Garrett [00:11:34] I remember being, you know… this is when I was still in school, but when the Hustlers would play at the Red Onion, it was quite expanded in those days. There was, on the one side, to the west, there was like a big fancy restaurant. That’s where the big stage was. And then there was that middle place that we used to call Beer Gulch, you know, which was just the old bar. And then on the other side, to the east, was kind of a little cafe where you could go and, you know, have breakfast at two in the morning.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:12:06] Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. It was quite an operation. Werner Kuster was the proprietor, along with a guy named Arnold Senn.

 

Jan Garrett [00:12:18] Oh, I forgot Arnold. Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:12:21] Arnold Senn was the… Werner kind of worked the front, and Arnold kind of ran the kitchen back there.

 

Jan Garrett [00:12:26] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:12:28] Anyway, that’s kind of how that went.

 

Jan Garrett [00:12:31] Yeah. Wow. Well, it was a great time. And I know once the Hustlers were over, you were in Aspen and you were working, but then you started playing music with other people, I think, Twirp. Who all did you play with?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:12:43] Yeah. Well, when I was driving the truck, I told you that Reed Harris was my boss.

 

Jan Garrett [00:12:52] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:12:53] And he had already started the Deaf Camp in ‘6-, uh, about ’67. And they held a picnic or two. And the first one that… Reed knew that I had been a musician, so he got me to try to get a group together, try to get some people together to play music. And the first one I did, Deaf Camp picnic, would have been the summer of 1969 out at the T-Lazy Seven.

 

Jan Garrett [00:13:31] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:13:33] And anyway, later on, why, John Denver came in ’73 and performed there at… right below the Deaf Camp, the spot where the Deaf Camp is now.

 

Jan Garrett [00:13:57] Right.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:13:58] And it looked like we were going to have to have a lot more room. So that’s when we moved up to Lift Number Five on Campground. So that’s kind of, some of the history of the Deaf Camp. There was an article in a publication up there that John Denver… the Deaf Camp was the brainchild of John Denver, which is totally wrong.

 

Jan Garrett [00:14:34] Exactly. It was the brainchild of you, right?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:14:37] No, it’s the brainchild of Reed Harris.

 

Jan Garrett [00:14:41] Okay.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:14:42] Reed Harris is the one that… and he got Shorty Pabst, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Shorty Pabst, who was the… I think he was the mayor of Aspen at one time, maybe around 1970, and got them to donate that land out on Snowmass Creek. And that’s where the Deaf Camp buildings started. I helped put up that original building out there.

 

Jan Garrett [00:15:19] Wow.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:15:20] But anyway, that’s some of the… but I felt bad that that article said that it was the brainchild of John Denver. No question about it. And not to belittle John’s influence… he made us a lot of money, and when he began coming, why, the crowds grew exponentially, you know. A lot of people. So not to discount, you know, the influence he had, but he was not, it was not his brainchild. Yeah.

 

Jan Garrett [00:16:00] Well, one of the reasons that I’ve been wanting to interview you and also a lot of the other musicians who were in Aspen at that time is because sometimes, after the fact or whatever, people will make pronouncements about, “here’s the history.” But they weren’t there, you know. And so sometimes the history needs to be corrected. So thank you for that.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:16:24] That’s the beauty of what you’re doing, Jan. I had no idea there was such a gap in the history of Aspen’s music and entertainment situation. And I think it’s a neat deal what you’re doing.

 

Jan Garrett [00:16:44] Thank you. Well, one of the things that we wanted to talk about was… because it really feels to me like it was kind of a magical time in Aspen. I mean, the real estate had not gone crazy yet, and so people could, you know, bar owners or restaurant owners could actually afford to have bands, you know, playing. And at that time, man, there were so many different venues and so many different bands playing all at once that people would, you know, mix and match and join other people and sit in. And that was the beauty of what you have done, Twirp, all these years was, man, when you’re playing, you get that crowd going. That’s my experience of it. I mean, you’re great at that.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:17:33] Well, I don’t know. I’ve had some success, Jan, God be praised. You know, I really don’t like to take any additional credit. You know, I had some good musicians working. You know, Cash Cashman on bass.

 

Jan Garrett [00:17:49] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:17:50] And I had several guitar players, you know.

 

Jan Garrett [00:17:54] And can you name some of the people that you played with? I mean, you played with everybody over so many years.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:00] Well Cash Cashman was the main bass, standup bass player. A guy named Freddy Hoover…

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:07] Wow.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:08] Freddy Hoover was a guitar player.

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:10] Yup.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:11] And Danny Gordon.

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:14] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:15] Danny Gordon was a guitar player that we had… and Kenny Thomas.

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:24] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:26] Kenny Thomas played guitar for me.

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:28] Mhm.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:29] And… I was trying to think who else, but… oh well, I’d have to think about that, Jan.

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:39] That’s okay. But tell the people out there who don’t maybe know you or might remember, what instruments have you played?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:47] Oh, I played guitar, banjo and fiddle.

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:51] And fiddle. Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:53] Yeah, and fiddle.

 

Jan Garrett [00:18:54] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:18:54] I never considered myself much of a fiddle player, but it was a good instrument as an act.

 

Jan Garrett [00:19:03] You did a great act. You always did such a great act. I really appreciate that. And one thing that people may or may not know, so many times during that decade or two, people would have, there would be benefits for people. Somebody had lost their home or somebody needed money for one thing or another. And you were so often in on those benefits, you know, and basically showing up for free to help raise money for whatever those causes were. Not only singing and playing, but also as an auctioneer.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:19:38] Yeah, I did some auctioneering, as well as playing, and I played for a lot of different benefits for sure.

 

Jan Garrett [00:19:47] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:19:48] Yeah. Well, there was a song, Leroy Van Dyke, country singer, had this song called “The Auctioneer” song.

 

Jan Garrett [00:19:59] Oh, yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:20:01] I started singing it once in a while, and then I began to, once in a while would do a little auctioneering, you know, for some event. And so it got to be where I did quite a few of them. Yeah, for sure, over the years.

 

Jan Garrett [00:20:18] Well, did you ever actually go to auctioneering school or did you just pick it up?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:20:21] I never did. I never did, Jan. No, no. And I think my role, to describe it, was different than what I hear some auctioneers use. But anyway, it seemed to work, and I did quite a few auctions, yeah, over the years. Yeah, so, yeah.

 

Jan Garrett [00:20:51] Well, I hate to put you on the spot, but is there any chance you could give us a little bit of an auctioneering thing? What would that look like?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:21:00] Well… {auctioneer lingo} “Bidder to buy? Bidder to buy? I got a buyer who’ll give me 10, bidder, now I got 15, 15, 15, bidder to 15, bidder 15. I got a 15… will ya give me 20? Bidder for 20, bidder for 20, bidder for 20. Now 25. Sold. You just bought the farm.” {laughter}

 

Jan Garrett [00:21:12] I wouldn’t buy anything, you know, that you were selling like that. That’s amazing. I don’t know how you do that. That’s great. Well, what else would you like to… is there anything else? I mean, you know, we’re just basically here to honor you and sing your praises. I know you’ve recently gotten kind of a difficult diagnosis. I will tell people, we’re now, for historical context, this is February 2023, so I don’t know if you want to talk about that or…

 

Twirp Anderson [00:21:47] Well, it’s all right. I don’t mind mentioning it, Jan. I’ve been given 6 to 9 months. Prostate cancer, and it’s in the lymph nodes.

 

Jan Garrett [00:22:02] Okay. Oh, babe.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:22:04] So that’s kind of… but you know I’m 85 years old, so…

 

Jan Garrett [00:22:10] Are you really?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:22:13] …you know, I guess something could happen.

 

Jan Garrett [00:22:16] Oh, my gosh.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:22:20] And the last I played. the last gig I played was the 4th of July party at Buttermilk… or not Buttermilk, but the Cemetery Lane.

 

Jan Garrett [00:22:36] Okay.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:22:37] This couple that, he was born on the 4th of July, and all the trappings and everything were red, white and blue, and we did his party for 20 years. And I began to feel something, and then later on, why, it seemed to increase, so I just stopped playing.

 

Jan Garrett [00:23:06] Okay.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:23:07] Yeah. Anyway, why, that was about it, and I folded up my tent.

 

Jan Garrett [00:23:14] Yeah. Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:23:16] But anyway, so that’s kind of how that went, Jan. And…

 

Jan Garrett [00:23:23] Well, the good news, I feel like, is that you’ve made several recordings. I mean, of course, the Hustlers made, what, two albums at least? I don’t know if that’s available. I suppose that if anybody wants to listen to that, they could email me, Jan@JanGarrett.com, and get that. And didn’t you record with some other people too?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:23:45] Yeah. I did a record of my songs that… in 1989…

 

Jan Garrett [00:23:59] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:24:00] …that Vic, your husband Vic, produced, and anyway, why, they were all my original tunes.

 

Jan Garrett [00:24:10] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:24:11] And anyway, I don’t know that I’ve even got a… I’ve got one copy left. But, anyway, then “The Heart of the Rockies” with John Sommers and Cash Cashman.

 

Speaker 3 [00:24:27] Right.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:24:27] And Randy Utterback.

 

Jan Garrett [00:24:29] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:24:30] Yeah, we did one called “The Heart of the Rockies,” and I got a bunch of those left.

 

Jan Garrett [00:24:36] That’s great. It’s good to know that this music, you know, lives on and will be available and that somehow, you know, that sense of… what I can just say, Twirp, is all the years that I’ve known you, on and off stage, you know, it’s just a joy. It’s just a joy, you know?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:24:57] Well, likewise, Jan.

 

Jan Garrett [00:24:58] People have loved that. And so that’s what we’re wanting to do here is just, you know, clue people into that.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:25:07] Yeah. Well, I feel the same way about you. And, of course, Vic was always a good friend, and we had even played a few gigs, probably, where I would join that group.

 

Jan Garrett [00:25:24] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:25:25] But anyway, why, I thought he did a nice job on the CD that I produced.

 

Jan Garrett [00:25:32] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:25:33] But anyway, why… and concerning you, you had two beautiful daughters.

 

Jan Garrett [00:25:43] Yes, indeed.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:25:44] Yeah. And I remember you playing down in Carbondale…

 

Jan Garrett [00:25:53] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:25:54] …Carbondale, at that Mountain Fair. And you were, I don’t know, it looked, seemed to me, you were about 6 months, 6 or 8 months pregnant, you know?

 

Jan Garrett [00:26:06] Yeah. I’ll tell you. I looked like I was six months pregnant when I was two months pregnant because of twins, you know?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:26:15] Yeah. Well, that was…

 

Jan Garrett [00:26:16] That was always an exciting kind of gig because people were like, “Oh my God, is she going to make it through?” But yes, indeed I did. And I have two gorgeous daughters, and now Becky has two kids, so we have Lucy, who’s six, and Philip, who’s three. So it’s fun. And I know you have at least one grandchild, right?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:26:34] I do, yeah. That’s Eric’s daughter.

 

Jan Garrett [00:26:36] Okay.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:26:37] She’s 21.

 

Jan Garrett [00:26:38] Wow.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:26:39] A beautiful girl. Yeah, yeah. And very much the apple of her grandfather’s eye, of course.

 

Jan Garrett [00:26:46] I’ll bet. That’s great. Well, if there’s anything else that you want to say, Twirp, go for it. And then we’ll just kind of wrap this up.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:26:55] Yeah.

 

Jan Garrett [00:26:56] Anything else to say?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:26:58] I’d just like to say, to compliment you on what you’re doing, and you’re fulfilling a niche that’s been neglected, you know? But I’m sure people will be very grateful to see what you’ve done.

 

Jan Garrett [00:27:18] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:27:19] And I hope it’s all a great success.

 

Jan Garrett [00:27:23] Thank you so much. Thanks. And I’m happy that people will get to know you, you know, on through the years. So, I guess we’ll just say thank you so much, Twirp. It’s been great talking to you.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:27:37] Yeah, likewise. Jan. God bless you.

 

Jan Garrett [00:27:40] You too. Alright.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:27:43] Bye now.

 

Jan Garrett [00:27:45] {brief pause} So as soon as we said that, Twirp’s son Eric realized there were a few things that we had left out. So here we all are again.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:27:56] There you go.

 

Eric Anderson [00:27:56] So you know who you didn’t mention as one of your guitar players was Geoffrey.

 

Jan Garrett [00:28:01] Oh, Geoffrey Morris.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:03] Geoffrey Morris. Yeah. Geoffrey played.

 

Eric Anderson [00:28:05] A lot. He played at my wedding.

 

Jan Garrett [00:28:08] Well, how long ago was that, Eric?

 

Eric Anderson [00:28:11] 1996.

 

Jan Garrett [00:28:13] Oh, wow.

 

Eric Anderson [00:28:15] So yeah. That was, yeah, Twirp put that all together. It was him and Geoffrey and… what was the, what were the other band members that played there?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:24] Well, Ethel Lossing, who’s dead now.

 

Eric Anderson [00:28:25] Right, Ethel.

 

Jan Garrett [00:28:27] Ethel.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:28] Ethel. She’s gone.

 

Jan Garrett [00:28:30] Yeah.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:31] Kenny Thomas was in that band that day.

 

Eric Anderson [00:28:33] And he’s gone too, right?

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:34] And I don’t know, but what Vic was playing, playing bass for us.

 

Jan Garrett [00:28:39] He might have been.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:40] I think he was playing bass with that band at the time.

 

Eric Anderson [00:28:41] It was a torrential downpour that day.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:44] Yeah. Trying to keep the…

 

Jan Garrett [00:28:47] Well, we all played a lot of weddings, and I’ve played a couple of divorces. So you know… {laughter} …I think, you know, you just have to show up. You know, whatever is needed.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:28:58] Boy. Oh, Jan, bless your heart.

 

Jan Garrett [00:29:02] You too, buddy. It’s so good, I’m so happy to get to see you, at least if it’s this… you know, the magic of technology or whatever.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:29:10] Yeah. Really. Yeah. I probably, maybe I look a little better from here, from virtually than I would in person.

 

Jan Garrett [00:29:19] Hey, man, you look great. You know, I’m thinking… I will say that, like, during the whole Covid thing, which it was just so weird, but the whole deal about six foot, you know, you tried to keep six feet away. And I’m thinking, “You know, I don’t look bad at six feet, you know, don’t get a real close up on me.” {laughter}

 

Twirp Anderson [00:29:39] You got a great sense of humor, honey. Well, you were beautiful then, and you’re beautiful now.

 

Jan Garrett [00:29:46] It’s true. Oh, you guys. Well, I’m sending big love. And just so many thanks to do this.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:29:53] Okay.

 

Jan Garrett [00:29:54] Awesome. Yay! Okay, I’m going to say bye.

 

Eric Anderson [00:29:58] Bye.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:29:58] Bye now.

 

Jan Garrett [00:29:59] Love you.

 

Twirp Anderson [00:30:00] Love you too.

 

Jan Garrett [00:30:01] Bye bye.

 

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