mitchell green

Mitchell Green was hanging out at the Open Door Community last week, grabbing some coffee and playing his trumpet. We got to talking and he told me how he had been a bugler for the Army many years ago. I asked him what was a harder instrument to play and he gave me a look like there was no doubt. "Trumpet," he replied. "No valves to operate on a bugle. Just use your mouth."

Mitchell is a frequent fixture on the intersections of the Highlands and Little Five. He said he'd been interviewed by video crews several times for his street performances and the videos had made him a local celebrity on YouTube. I couldn't find any of them, so hopefully I'll get a chance to talk to him again and hear some of his music.