[78-L] Lou Calabrese

[Taylor Bowie]

Gosh...I always have thought of the Specht band as among the hipper 20s 
dance orchs.  He did have The Georgians,  and those nice Viva Tonal 
Columbias with Spivak sound pretty fresh to me...Keepin' Myself For You, 
Sweet Music,  The Things That Were Made For Love,  etc.

Taylor B


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lou Calabrese


> simmonssomer wrote:
>> I have some twenty eight Specht sides on which Calabrese is listed as
>> banjoist and on one disc as trumpet soloist ("Echoes Of The South" Part1 
>> and
>> 2 on Col 1013-D  12/22/26). These can be transferred to CD.
>> The Georgians were, of course, a unit of Specht's Orch.and I also have 
>> mebbe
>> 6 or so sides by this group with  Calabrese as the banjoist. I don't have
>> the two  Gennett sides. Contact me OT in the unlikely event that you 
>> don't
>> already have these.
>>
>> Al Simmons
>>
> Al,
> Thank you so very much for doing this. The entire family is thrilled
> with these new discoveries. My wife Marianne, Lou's Granddaughter, has a
> lot of pictures of Lou through the years, but nothing like what we have
> found in the past few weeks. This music is wonderful.
> I can see what you mean about Paul Specht's music (Al wrote me that
> Specht's music was rather stodgy). I think he was very conservative with
> his choices and his style. It's not that easy to put ourselves back in
> those times when the phonograph had it's short reign as the king of
> entertainment. Radio was in its infancy. Sound had not yet come to the
> silver screen. Hollywood was still orange groves.
> The music we now listen to from that era was mostly the avant-garde. But
> guys like Paul, and in the 50's and 60's Lawrence Welk, made their
> fortunes in the middle of the road, where most older folks were. Another
> good example would be Lester Lanin.
> Lou continued to make money with his music up into the late 60's. I have
> heard most of his last stuff, and it, too as very conservative. But he
> made good money all along.
> Thanks again, and if there is something I can do for you, just ask.
>
> BTW, I have a 50's era Garrard with a nice Stanton cart and a CD
> recorder for transcription. I uses to use DART on the computer for
> resto, but I find that Audacity is easier to use. I basically just
> remove clicks. I like to make disks for friends too. How do you work
> with equalization? I find your work extraordinary in quality.
> Take Care,
>
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