Joe Pass (formerly of Johnstown, PA) & Roy Clark

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Sunday Apr 10, 2011

Jazz guitar great Joe Pass (Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua formerly of Johnstown, PA) & Roy Clark

Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Joe Pass, the son of Mariano Passalaqua, a Sicilian-born steel mill worker, was raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4pVvt6K ... re=related

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Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Apr 10, 2011

Words fail.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sunday Apr 10, 2011

I said it before, and I will say it again. I love Jazz. That was fantastic.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Monday Apr 11, 2011

The oldtimers used to say he would frequent local music stores when he was back home. How cool would that be? Walk into your favorite guitar shop, and Joe Pass is sitting in the corner, playing Smoke On The Water's opening riff, just like everyobody else.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Monday Apr 11, 2011

Our drummer told me a story that when he and a couple other Johnstown area musicians were studying at Berklee School of Music in Boston back in the early 70s that Joe Pass was doing a show at a small club. They went to see him play and were very impressed of course. Being young guys from Johnstown, they thought it would be cool to meet him. They said he was very nice to them and thought it was interesting that they were musicians from his hometown and appreciated them coming up to talk to him. However, when he asked where they were from and they replied Johnstown, Joe said, "Get out of that town, there is nothing there for musicians and that is why I left." Gee, how some things never seem to change and his words still hold true today.

whitedevilone · Post by **whitedevilone** » Monday Apr 11, 2011

I could watch that all night.