Posted on 12/04/2023 3:25:28 PM PST by Squawk 8888
If your referring to electric guitar amps, the amp is an integral part of the instrument itself; it’s the reason now they don’t put a microphone in front of the amp at large venues rather than making a direct non-acoustic connection. Both Jimmy Hendrix and Patrick Rondat would be unknowns without well-matched amplifiers.
We found a flight to New York aboard Trans-Caribbean airlines, an airline that I had never heard of and haven't heard of since. Then we found a flight west out of the Big Town, but it only went as far as Dallas.
We had to stay in Big D for a weekend before finding seats aboard a Delta Airlines flight to Los Angeles. At the time, Delta was a regional airline serving mostly Southern airports, and the stewardesses spoke with Southern accents.
Speaking of Rondat, here he is playing Vivaldi live at the Gdansk Shipyard in 2003. He was backed by Jean-Michel Jarre plus a full orchestra. The concert itself was to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity uprising and Lech Walesa gave a short speech in the middle of the show.
The uncut video of the show can still be streamed from YouTube by searching “Jarre Gdansk” or “Jarre Solidarnosc”.
Speaking of which: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4201317/posts
Trans-Caribbean is could probably still in operation under different management for all we know LoL. I was three years old back then so I’ll defer to your personal recollections.
Trans-Caribbean Airways served mostly in the Caribbean but also was chartered with the Military Air Transport Service for flights between the US and Rhein Main Airforce Base in Frankfurt, West Germany. It merged with American Airlines in 1971.
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