Sweet Blues Northwest

On December 27th I payed a visit to Uncle Mo's for the Sunday Night Jam session. The WBS Blues Calendar said they'd have a special guest that night. Norm Bellas, keyboards, and I was in the mood to hear some new music. When I got to Mo's what I saw there wasn't at all what I expected. Norm was there alright, but he had - just that hour - been discharged from the hospital with a walker, back and neck brace,, and still dressed in his hospital gown. He had broken his back in a fall off his roof a few weeks earlier and was very lucky to still be alive. He had to canceled many gigs he had lined up due to his subsequent surgery and his long road back to regular life. Norm was determined to show up at Uncle Mo's that night and found a way out of the hospital, barely it seems. Little did I know that night that I would be his ride home, and his new friend. (That's another story)

One week later,, knowing that Norm was going back to Uncle Mo's I brought my cameras to document some of the event this time. Because I'd never seen anyone scrap and claw their way through a broken back the way Norm has. This little background story may help you appreciate the video below.