[78-L] COW PIE POLKA - J COLONNA

[warren moorman]

Randy, I'm afraid it's not clear to me, does this 4 cd set include only comedy bits, or his music and vocals, or both? I'll search out the Toast of New York group, but might you give the title & label info here, if not ordering info as well?
Warren   

--- On Thu, 6/11/09, Randy Skretvedt <forwardintothepast at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Randy Skretvedt <forwardintothepast at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] COW PIE POLKA - J COLONNA
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 1:31 PM
> 
> 
> > From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> 
> > Lift your feet, lift your feet, lift your feet.
> 
> > We need a Jerry Colonna CD. Petition your local
> reissue label.
> 
> > dl
> 
> Mr. Lennick!  About four years ago, I did a four-CD
> set with all the post-1936 Colonna stuff (everything from
> the time when he became primarily a comedian rather than a
> trombonist).  You'll find it over at the Toast of New
> York group.  
> 
> Frank DeVol wrote "Cow Pasture Polka," and around 1989 or
> so I got to meet him and asked him about it.  He said,
> "Everyone asks me about that song, and I have absolutely no
> memory at all of writing it!  I know I wrote 'Happy
> Tavern Polka'..."  So, no great stories were
> forthcoming.
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