I played with/for Monte on a couple of those Coe Park gigs, which were Musicians Performance Trust Fund (MPTF: Musicians Union sponsored) gigs, and I can vouch for the transposing of "Misty". He called the band Brown Buffalo, as a tribute to Hunter Thompson. A baptism by fire, if ever there was one, and I was playing pedal steel. Can't imagine what the horn players went through. It was an honor to play with the guy I knew from those Ian and Sylvia records. I always figured him as a sort of force of nature which would always be around. Sic transit, I suppose. RIP, Monte
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