George had conceived and organized the "Recombinents" set for the 45th Anniversary event. He came up with the name to reference the fact that we were all 2nd gen members of The Brothers Four, The Limes and The Trio. Except Buddy Woodward. I'd never heard of him and before we left for the date George tried to get Bob and me to chip in and help cover Buddy's travel and hotel expense. We both declined.
On the night of the show, we were all assembled ready to take the stage and when the MC announced the Recombinents, Buddy jumped on stage ahead of all of us and took the center mic. I was dumbfounded because - well - who the hell is Buddy Woodward??? And several audience members commented about it after the show.
Other than that, I guess he's an OK musician, tho not outstanding in my mind. Are you aware that Buddy was in Josh Reynolds' "after the Trio" band (what were they called?) along with Tom Guard? And it's kinda funny to see the Marvinettes in a position of having to replace Josh yet again. I wonder why Don left?
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