11-Feb-2006

J.T. Whitney’s, Madison, WI

In the annals of music history, February 11 is a very important day. In 1963, The Beatles recorded the 10 tracks that would be “Please, Please Me.” A year later, on February 11, the Beatles would have their first U.S. concert, which happened to take place at the Washington D.C. Coliseum. In 1941, Glen Miller is the recipient of the very first Gold Record for his album “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (for those interested, I’ve seen a lot of Glen Miller in the Half Price Books records for a dollar). Guiseppe Verdi’s riveting opera about the 60s Packers “I Lombardi” opens in Milan (in 1843, that Verdi really knew his football).

But from now on, February 11 will be known as the day Clovis Mann played J.T. Whitney’s. This is now the greatest event ever to happen on February 11. Greater than it being UFC Ken Shamrock’s birthday, greater than it being the day Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson, greater than it being Jeb Bush’s birthday, greater than it being the day Nelson Mandela was freed, greater than it being the day with the lowest recorded temperature in the U.K. (-27.6 C in 1895, equaled but not surpassed on January 10, 1982 in UK, 2 days after a genuis was born), greater than it being the day Japan was founded in 660 b.c..

February 11 is now “Clovis Mann Played at J.T. Whitney’s Day.”

Unless it involves Brett Favre or professional wrestling, everything that has happened in history on this day is irrelevant.

The End.

Bednarik.