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Lars

lespensen

About Me

When I'm not playing music or fishing, I'm playing music or fishing. I play sax for the A-Bones, and I am the singer for the Gownus Canal Boys. I've played sax with, Link Wray, Hasil Adkins, Nathaniel Mayer, Andre Williams, Rudy Grayzell, Roy Loney, Johnny Powers, The 5,6,7,8's, The Swingin' Neckbreakers, The Young Fresh Fellows, The Churchkeys, Johnny Legend, The Untamed Youth, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Andy "G"&the Roller Kings, Ray Sharpe, Ronnie Dawson, Sam The Sham, The Purple Wizard, Eddie Angel, Jack Cassidy, Jerry Dalmon, the Ubangis, Lenny Kaye, The Lyres, Small Potatos, The Undead, the Red Roosters, the Boilermakers, and others.

My Interests

Music, fishing, metal work(Blacksmithing, machining, etc.)

I'd like to meet:

I've met most of the people I'd like to meet. Most of the others are dead.

Music:

I like most of the old honky tonkers, and some new ones too. I don't like ROCK music. I love most anything on Sun, Fortune, King, Federal, Starday, Dixie, Norton, etc.

Movies:

If a movie is any good I'll usually like it. I watch most movies at home, so I can smoke.

Television:

I watch Jeopardy only

Books:

Last Train to Memphis

Heroes:

Johnny Burnett, Link Wray, Paul Burlison, Lee Allen, Big "J" McNeely, King Kurtis, and Boots Randolph, Benny Joy

My Blog

Bill Peitsch

On September 21st., my friend Bill Peitsch died suddenly. It was a real shock, and it's taken me some time to get over the shock, and start grieving. Bill was like a brother to me, and along with ever...
Posted by Lars on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:32:00 PST

Orange Beach

On Wed. Aug. 22nd, I went to housing court in the morning, and was in Alabama, by that evening. On Friday, Sylvia and I went to Orange Beach, Alabama, for a long weekend in her family's condo. The fis...
Posted by Lars on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:56:00 PST

We got the blues

On Thursday, Sylvia and I went to Fort Wadsworth, on Staten Island, for some surf fishing. We met our friend Snake there. Before I had my rod rigged up, Snake had a fish. It was a nice blue fish. Snak...
Posted by Lars on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:00:00 PST

Ray Sharpe

The A-Bones just backed up Ray Sharpe this past weekend. What a blast. Saturday night at Maxwell's was a success, in spite of the water main break, the van with the Ponderosa stomp guys breaking down,...
Posted by Lars on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:53:00 PST

Hasil

As you can see, I have a new photo. I'd like to thank my friend Sylvia, for scanning this, and making it the right size. I met Hasil when my band the Red Roosters opened for him at the Moose Lodge, in...
Posted by Lars on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:35:00 PST

Recording session

Saturday afternoon, and into the evening, the Gowanus Canal Boys had a recording session, at the Holland Avenue Institute of  Recording. Rick Coraccio played bass, and manned the recording equipm...
Posted by Lars on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:31:00 PST

Am I Blue?

Blue fish are everywhere. It doesn't matter what you throw into the water, a blue fish will probably eat it. I got 2 last night. The night before last, I caught 2 fluke(summer flounder), a small strip...
Posted by Lars on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:40:00 PST

I remembered...

The name of the band that hired me for my first recording session. Friction was the bands name. Fly By Night was the name of the studio. All the recording equipment was in a semi. The live room was a ...
Posted by Lars on Thu, 24 May 2007 01:09:00 PST

WHOA, S@#$

Yesterday, I went to the pier. I was there about 10 min., and had a blue fish. I had a lot of bites, but it was windy. I was waiting for it to start raining, and I saw what looked like rain headed my ...
Posted by Lars on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:20:00 PST

Purple Wizard et al.

I thought of some other's I've played with: Purple Wizard, Andy "G" & the Roller Kings, Talismen, Sato & Jonny, Uptown Rhythm Kings, The Excellos, Ubangies, Eddie Angel, Jack Cassidy, I guess ...
Posted by Lars on Thu, 10 May 2007 02:47:00 PST