Herb Ellis: A Blue, Smooth Road

I’ve been playing a steady gig at a hotel bar for a while now with a trio that consists of pianist Bernie Senensky, drummer/leader Dan Bodanis and me on bass. Bernie took most of March off to do a tour of the U.S. with another group and as this approached he was scrambling around trying to line up subs and confessed to me he wasn’t really looking forward to the road, that he’d miss our gig and was worried …