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Favorite Pittsburgh musicians/performers
Roger Humphries/ James Johnson/ Howie Alexander/ Paul Thompson/ Tom Wendt/ Don Aliquo Jr./ Jimmy Ponder/ Reggie Watkins/ Dave Throckmorton
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At 12:03pm on April 21, 2010, The Brian Edwards Excursion said…
Hey Alex,
Good to hear from you, I am looking forward to hanging out when I get back. I will be in touch soon!
Brian
At 12:52am on April 21, 2009, Jeff Beck said…
I am only a short drive away, consider it a far eastern suburb. I would love to play sometime, especially in the summer when school is OUT!
At 5:46am on April 20, 2009, Kennard Roosevelt Williams said…
It was a pleasure to meet you Alexander. You sounded great at the 1902 Tavern.

Best regards,

Kennard
At 5:53pm on March 7, 2009, Colter Harper said…
Fo' sho' mo' fro'
At 3:55pm on February 28, 2009, Abby E. Gross said…
Haha hey Alex, nice blow:-p Sorry I couldn't make it last night I had a gig, I would have loved to see that! I will definatly check it out again soon though I bet you guys were retarded, jimmy is so unbelievable! I might be able to make it out monday after our concert at the guild. We are hosting Darmon Meder it will be awesome! See ya soon, best wishes!
At 2:04am on February 27, 2009, Jerry Butler said…
I would love to feature "you" as my guest on my show..If I am not your friend..please add me...also please call me @ the offc at 757 538 3540...757 971 3733 for details...click on the banner below to be a guest...JB
At 2:05am on August 19, 2008, Andy Bianco said…
No man, I'm glad to be done...
At 7:06pm on August 15, 2008, Andy Bianco said…
Oy Cabrone! No, Carnival has decided to discontinue jazz trios on all but 5 ships so this gig will be virtually extinct as of September 7th, which is when I most likely will be returning....
At 9:02pm on August 13, 2008, SANDY STALEY said…
HAPPY TO SEE AND HEAR YOU LAST THURSDAY. DOES MY
HEART GOOD TO SEE INSPIRED YOUTH. TOUCH OCCUPATION
NOT FOR THE WEAK!!!! I AM 4TH GENERATION = MY DAD
(FABULOUS TRUMPET), HIS MOM (CLASSICAL CELLIST) , BOTH
GREAT GRANDPARENTS (SHE A CONTRALTO ALA GILBERT &
SULLIVAN AND HE A CHARLIE CHAPLIN CLONE IN ENLANDS'
VAUDEVILLE ). IT DOES CARRY ON THRU THE BLOOD././/////
MY BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
At 12:11pm on August 13, 2008, KENIA said…
Hi Alex,
Thanks for the add. Hope all is well.
K

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