[78-L] Mart Kenney

[Taylor Bowie]

HI Stephen,

I have Kenney's version of The West A Nest And You on a Canadian HMV Victor 
216593 b/w another pretty old-time waltz,  Sometime.

Just flipping through the 24 sides of his I own does reveal that he was not 
usually given the best tunes to record,  and that most of the better tunes 
he did record were old standards.  But it's still a great dance band to my 
ears,  despite much of the second-rate material he was given.

I'm surprised that the disc jockey you spoke with said what he said...Honey 
On The Moon measures up to most any bouncy sweet band record of the late 
30s,  even though the song isn't anything to holler about.  The Kenney sides 
I have are all enjoyable,  both fox trots and waltzes.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:49 PM
Subject: [78-L] Mart Kenney


> Taylor B wrote:
> <<<
> While we're on the subject of Canadian dance orchestras,  I'm always
> interested in any information about Mart Kenney...his 1938 Bluebird of
> There's Honey on the Moon is one of my core faves.
>>>>
>
> I know Kenney by reputation only.  I did see him at a Calgary Stampede 
> beer
> garden in the 1980's, but there wasn't anything special about his locally
> hired band.  I can't remember any of his set from that date.
>
> I have an EP of some airchecks, released by Nomad Records, and a CD of
> songs from the 1960's, but I have hardly ever heard him on the radio.  The
> "Old Disc-Jockey" on Alberta's CKUA didn't play any of Kenney's sides when
> Kenney passed away, a year or so ago.  I asked him why and his blunt 
> answer
> was that RCA Canada didn't give him any good tunes to record.  Yet if
> anyone has a complete set of Kenney's discs, it would be the CKUA library,
> I'm sure.
>
> I thought at least his theme would have been appropriate, "The west, a 
> nest
> and you".  But even there, that was an old song by the time Kenney 
> recorded
> it, having been written in 1922.
>
> I'd appreciate any pointers on where to find his music on CD or wax.
> Thanks.
>
> - Stephen D
> Calgary
>
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