amateur band

An amateur band of musicians serenaded Mr. Tilden, but they played only by ear and had picked up only one tune.

Though the illness left her with epilepsy, she exercises every day and plans to sing again with the Rock Bottom Remainders, the all-star amateur band that includes Stephen King, Dave Barry, Matt Groening and others.

“Without this contract all of the pieces wouldn’t have fallen into place,” added Dean Harmeyer, Heritage’s consignment director for music memorabilia, who said the band was “a ramshackle, amateur band” when they first went to Germany.

It was an old negro-minstrel act, representing the rehearsal of an amateur band, that the Hanlon-Lees borrowed to amplify into a rough-and-tumble pantomime for performance in a variety-show in Paris; and this knockabout sketch proved to be the stepping-stone which enabled them soon to achieve the fantastic eccentricity of their 'Voyage en Suisse,' performed in real theaters, first in Paris and then in New York, to the joy of all who could appreciate the perfection of their art as pantomimists.

“I feel great because it’s been a long haul,” said Dr. Allison, who named the amateur band in which he plays the blues harp “The Checkpoints,” after immune system checkpoints like CTLA-4.