[78-L] COW PIE POLKA - J COLONNA

[Andrea Walsh]

What is the "Toast Of New York" group, and how can I find it?

Andrea

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Randy Skretvedt <
forwardintothepast at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> > From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> > Lift your feet, lift your feet, lift your feet.
>
> > We need a Jerry Colonna CD. Petition your local reissue label.
>
> > dl
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> 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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