[78-L] Living Miller sidemen?

[RAY KILCOYNE]

From: "Taylor Bowie"
>I watched Orchestra Wives tonight for about the umpteenth time,  and got to
> wondering which if any of the Miller side men who are in that movie (or 
> Sun
> Valley Serenade) are still among the living.  I seem to have a 
> recollection
> that one of the t-bone players recently passed (Paul Tanner?) but wonder
> about a few of the others,  e.g. Alpert,  Skip Martin (later in the music
> department of Hollywood studios),  Priddy,  etc..
>
> Any info on this topic?  I'm still shocked that I missed the death of 
> Eddie
> Miller in the early 90s...thought I kept better track of such things.
>
I believe Ray Anthony is still among us.  Last I heard he had an 800 number, 
selling Big Band CD's, if you'd like to talk to him.  He usually answered 
the phone himself.  I can try to find the number if you want to see if it 
still works.

I talked to him a few years back to ask if he had any of his own CD's with 
IDAHO on it.  He didn't.  It was only available on his Capitol 45 at that 
time.  It has since been included on a CD compilation.
RayK