[78-L] Do, Do, Do

[Mark Hendrix 78L]

Let me put it this way.  I can listen to "We Miss Him When the Evening
Shadows Fall"... maybe every 15 years or so.  But put on a Hank and Audrey
duet, and I wince every time she comes near the microphone.*  Bear Family
was perverse enough to put out an LP of her entire commercially recorded
recorded solo work, and I was almost perverse enough to buy it, out of that
same masochistic streak that might draw one to Florence Foster Jenkins. But
I decided to pass, even though I think she was backed by the Drifting
Cowboys (a shotgun wedding arranged by Hank, no doubt).  "Lovesick Blues,"
indeed!  --Mark Hendrix

*for context, I should fess up that I actually enjoy some of Ed Kirkeby's
vocals, and derive pleasure from "the vocal stylings" both Tom Stacks and Al
Miller.  But Audrey Williams is not so bad that she's good.  She is simply
bad; not even worth checking out.


> -----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 7:59 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Do, Do, Do
>
>
> Any better/worse than Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers?
>
> dl
>
> Mark Hendrix 78L wrote:
> > 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______________
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