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In
this time of economic downturn with Walt Disney World seemingly,
battening down the hatches for a slow down in business by cutting back
on some of its live entertainment groups, it is nice to hear that some
folks from the Adventurers Club and Comedy Warehouse may have other
jobs on property, I recently leaned that Carol, a talented keyboardist
who worked at the Comedy Warehouse, got a job at Rose & Crown Pub,
while I was quite pleased to hear this my next thought was, "Does that
mean that Pam Brodie has went into full retirement? (she works two days
a week in a sort of semi-retirement position), or are they getting rid
of Leon Gregory?", it then occurred to me that perhaps there was
another option too perhaps they would add some earlier sets, I then
realized in the current economic climate that was quite unlikely, and
when I got the opportunity to chat with some other fans asked if any of
them had heard what the story was, unfortunately it turns out they are
getting rid of Leon, in fact his last day has come and gone.
Unfortunately times of unemployment seem to be an unavoidable fact of
life for most musicians. You know, when you think about it Walt Disney
World allows an almost unheard of opportunity for musicians to have
regular work without having to travel. I'll miss Leon and hope he lands
on his feet, and with his talent and experience, think that he may have
a better chace at that than most folks would in his situation, with
some luck I may get to hear him play again someday. As for Carol I only
caught her once, as for me I only made my first trip to the Comedy
Warehouse for the first time last December (and decided I needed to
visit it more on future trips, oh well, so much for that!) even from
that brief exposure it was clear she is one talented individual. So the
next time I'm at the pub in the Great Brittan Pavilion I'll enjoy Carol
(or Pam Brodie if it is one of her days) but I'll pause and think of
Leon Gregory in a silent toast to him. As I recounted on this episode I
first saw Leon perform on the "Trip without a camera" (Celebration 25),
but the set in this episode was recorded a few weeks later when I was
on a trip where I was able to stop and listen for a full set (RADP 12).
linksThe Let's Talk About Disney Forums:
http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/index.php The Mousin it up! subsection of LTAD
http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/forumdisplay.php?f=64The Yahoo group for the bigbrian-nc.com site and NC Disney news is at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disneypodcast/ Steve Soares fine site of WDW entertainment schedules:
http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/
songsThe Extraordinary Leon Gregory
- It’s A Long, long way to Tipperary
- I want a rotten song
- Roll out the Barrel
- I’m Henry the Eighth I am
- 3. I can’t see me lovin nobody but you
- 4. Last Train to Clarksville
- 5. Hello, Dolly!
- 6. Somewhere Beyond the Sea
- 7. Sweet Caroline
- 8. Piano Man
- 9. Knock Three Times
- 10. Don’t let the Sun go Down on Me
- 11. The Sunny Side of the Street
- 12. Lady Madonna
- 13. I love you just the way you are
- 14. unknown pub song
- 15. Me and Bobby McGee
- 16. King of the Road
- 17. Oh Mandy
- 18. Reelin’ in the Years
- 19. House of the Rising Sun
- 20. That’ll be the Day
- 21. Spinning Wheel
- 22. I Write The Songs
Selected photosOctober 13, 2007
VideoAfter the first verse of "knock three times" I knew I wanted a video on the next go around of the "knocking".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtm_t2XToiA
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