[78-L] Three Old Salts

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Sun Nov 2 15:28:42 PST 2008


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> soundthink at aol.com wrote:
>> Just got a neat record: "Shore Leave" b/w "Port Hole Blues" by The Three 
>> Old Salts on Columbia 2242-D. Consists of hot fiddle, guitar, and a Red 
>> McKenzie-styled comb/kazoo, with some vaudeville-type interplay. They're 
>> not Venuti & Lang, but they're pretty entertaining anyway. Anyone know 
>> who they are and can I get a recording date?
>> Cary Ginell
>> Origin Jazz Library
>> www.originjazz.com
>> _______________________________________________
> Rust's Columbia listing gives no personnel, but both compositions are by
> Harry Reser, which may be a clue.
>
IIRC, the same players (dunno if the same "nom du disque" was used?!
also cut "Some Other Girl (In Some Other Port)" for -D Columbia! I
own that record, and have always enjoyed it very much...?!

...stevenc 




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