[78-L] COW PIE POLKA - J COLONNA

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Jun 11 14:39:09 PDT 2009


     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ToastOfNewYork/

May not work..I keep getting an error message. Yahoo may be having problems.

Did DeVol at least remember composing "Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep"?

dl

Andrea Walsh wrote:
> 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:
> 
>>
>>> 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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