Two months after moving back to BC, I was out with a friend to a local coffee house. What I didn’t know before we got there was that the Gourmet Gallery hosted live music every Saturday. The night we were there, a blues band was performing. I was blown away by the guitar player. He was amazing!<\/p>\n
During their set break I approached him and asked if I could talk with him. He said, “Sure, my name’s Art.” That was the beginning of great musical and personal friendships. Art Panchishin fronted Deception<\/em><\/a>, and is the man whose guitar playing absolutely wowed me. I told him that I was really impressed with his guitar work, and that I was a sax player. I asked him if he would be interested in getting together sometime to see if we had any musical chemistry…<\/p>\n Wow! Did we ever! In total I spent nearly 10 years playing together with Art in his band. I can honestly say I have never shared as much musical chemistry with anyone as I did with Art. Sadly, as they say, all good things…<\/p>\n Deception<\/em> is now just a memory, but I will always treasure the musical memories, and the lasting friendships that I now have, all because I took the chance and spoke to a blues guitar player who was among the best I had ever heard.<\/p>\n
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