{"id":7804,"date":"2018-01-01T16:54:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T16:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=7804"},"modified":"2018-01-15T16:55:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:55:36","slug":"january-newsletter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=7804","title":{"rendered":"January Newsletter 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The latest in our series…\n <\/p>\n

THE PEOPLE OF THE PARK:<\/h2>\n

Al Cook, Founding Member of the Jammers<\/h2>\n

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\n A few years back, it was one of those beautiful Silveridge autumn days and Al Cook decided to bring his Gretsch guitar out on the back deck to work on some country-western licks. Before long he looked up and saw a neighbor walking his way, carrying a guitar and asking, “Can I join you?” From that start grew a group that eventually would come to be known as The Jammers, Silveridge’s very own house band.\n <\/p>\n

\n Al soon had two or three other residents joining in, and when they needed more space (and more power outlets), the new group moved into one of the meeting rooms. They were good enough that people started to stop and listen, and soon they had a crowd outside the door. That\u2019s when they got permission to move into the park\u2019s movie theater and they\u2019ve been there since.\n <\/p>\n

\n I visited their last performance of 2017, along with an enthusiastic group of music lovers. The Jammers are now six members, and they take turns on lead vocals and on wisecracks. One example of the latter: drummer Moorie Woodruff, explained to the audience, “We took pictures before the show tonight. Color pictures. And we all wore black and white.” Here’s one of those photos:\n <\/p>\n

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\n Front (left to right): Al Cook & Gary Carson
\n Back: Mike LeBlanc, Ron Humphreys, Mike Simpson, Moorie Woodruff\n <\/p>\n

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\n The group plays a range of songs, including on that night…\n <\/p>\n