for audiences over the years was seeing how they would react, how music affected them, and what they did in response to it. When Ken and I performed as Fudge for students and staff functions, the effects were immediate. Listeners were surprised how easy it was to break free of rules and limitations of school, to transcend ordinary contexts on the wings of music. They were surprised what was possible from two teachers singing and playing, and how they would instantly get drawn in, and involved with the songs, even ones they didn’t know particularly well.
For me, that was what playing music for 50 years to audiences was all about. The sharing, the communication, the happenings that would spring up without much ado. The power of music in lifting people out of their routines, often self-imposed chains, and limited expectations.
