[78-L] Do, Do, Do

[Mark Hendrix 78L]

Audrey Williams is Mrs. Hank Williams, to you.  Actually, she was the FIRST
Mrs. Hank Williams.  Not a good vocalist by any stretch of the
magination.  --Mark Hendrix

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:29 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Do, Do, Do
>
>
> Agreed about Shep Fields' New Music, of which I've heard very few
> samples. Sid
> Caesar was in the band for a while and appears on the March 10/42
> session.
> Notice that by 1940 he was recording titles like Boy Scout in
> Switzerland,
> Who's Yehoodi, When the Mush Begins to Rush Down Father's
> Vest..man, Bernie
> Privin and Jack Jenney are in the April 1940 lineup!
>
> Sammy is okay for a couple of things, like "Daddy" and "I Used to
> Work in Chicago".
>
> Ken Griffin is okay for skeet shooting and I have no idea who
> Audrey Williams is.
>
> What do you want from me....I still can't stomach Stephane
> Grappelli and never
> will.
>
> dl
>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
> > Now, now,  Cary...I can steer you to some excellent records by
> a couple of
> > your "verboten" artists.
> >
> > If you don't want to ripple,  try some of the Shep Fields "New Music"
> > records from ca. 1941.  My fave is the oddly titled and
> constructed "Ooh,
> > Does Your Mother Know That You Smoke."  Band sounds great,  excellent
> > clarinet solo by Gus Bivona,  damn clever tune.  Good, hip-chick vocal,
> > too...can't recall her name.
> >
> > My two fave Sammy Kaye records are the Victors of "Daddy"  and
> "My Buddy."
> > Band sounds good on both of them.
> >
> > Don't know Audrey Williams,  and I'll admit defeat with Ken Griffin.
> >
> > Taylor B
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <soundthink at aol.com>
> > To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] How well did they do it.
> >
> >
> >> I tend to listen to acoustic records more for their historic
> value than
> >> their musical value. I'm strictly in the electric era. There
> are certain
> >> sounds, however, that took some getting used to in order to appreciate
> >> them - for example: Sidney Bechet's rapid vibrato, the
> harmonies of the
> >> Carter Family, pre-war Cajun vocals, and bebop. Thirty years
> ago I couldn't
> >> relate to any of these musically; but after listening and
> listening, the
> >> layers peel away and now I enjoy all four of these kinds of music.
> >>
> >> Ken Griffin, Audrey Williams, Sammy Kaye, and Shep Fields,
> however, offend
> >> at every level.
> >>
> >> Good topic.
> >>
> >> Cary Ginell
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bill McClung <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
> >> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >> Sent: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 4:07 pm
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] How well did they do it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> A question I have pondered for awhile is, "Why don't I have an
> 'ear' for
> >> many 78s recorded before 19XX?"  I love my postwar 78s and
> many "modern"
> >> sounding prewar 78s but oftentimes when my fellow 78Lers are
> debating the
> >> relative glories of Vaughn de Leath or What is Sweet I am lost
> because the
> >> music being debated doesn't excite me and I haven't explored it.
> >>
> >> This is in no way a value judgement or a question of what is "good" or
> >> "valuable".   I'm not really asking about genres.  I'm asking
> about sound.
> >> And the components of one's personal "ear".
> >>
> >> Is it pre-electric guitar versus post-electric guitar?  Is it
> sweet band
> >> versus swing versus bebop?   Again, not genres but sound.
> >>
> >> Is it what one heard growing up?  Is it the music a person
> first claimed
> >> as
> >> one's own?  Is it historical as in the knowledge that one's
> favorite band
> >> leader was once a sideman in an earlier band or that someone
> was a mentor
> >> or influence?  Is it because you are a musician?
> >>
> >> I love Emmitt Miller and Annie Ross, Gid Tanner and Merle Travis, early
> >> Louis and late Louis. Harlem Hamfats and the Treniers.  Blind Blake and
> >> Mickey Baker. Some Ethel Waters and most Muddy Waters.
> >>
> >> But there is a huge range of music that just hasn't touched me
> yet.  I can
> >> approach it academically but not emotionally.  My "ear" just doesn't
> >> respond.
> >>
> >> Has the march of time changed what you like or what excites
> you musically?
> >> Is there a time or a sound that just doesn't work for you?
> How many eras
> >> are there in 78s history and which ones have you embraced?
> >>
> >> I'll hang up and listen.
> >>
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