[78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...

Wed Jun 24 10:08:02 PDT 2009

OK,  I know I get defensive about this subject...all please forgive me!

Well,  if any one who really IS  a Welk doubter (dl,  Are Ya Listenin'?) 
will just play the following,  then "the defense" will rest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAumxdNTqs

That's just one great one....there are plenty more.

Taylor

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...

> Oh, don't get me wrong, Taylor, I'm just having a little fun. Like K. D. 
> Lang, I enjoy the Welk band a lot.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:45:54 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...
>
> Hey Fnarf,
>
> Trust me there is much more to the Welk orch than "soothing clarinet and
> accordion duets" and dated clothes.
>
> As several other posters and I have pointed out,  there was a lot of good
> music to be heard on the show,  and with YouTube and other such venues you
> can cut out all the other stuff and just go for the gusto.
>
> If you like I can direct you to a number of video cuts of Welk which might
> surprise you if your mind is open to new things.
>
> Taylor B
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <fnarf at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...
>
>
>>I love to watch old Lawrence Welk shows, just for the magnificent clothes
>>and hairstyles.
>>
>> I think it's weird that the assisted-living place my mom lives in (which
>> is very nice) has "Lawrence Welk Hour" every Saturday night at 6. Most 
>> the
>> people in there are in their 70s and 80s, which means they were in their
>> 40s or even 30s when the shows originally aired. These people aren't
>> supposed to be Lawrence Welk fans, are they? Or is there something that
>> happens to a person when they hit 60 that makes them crave soothing
>> clarinet-and-accordian duets performed by people in butter-yellow and
>> mint-green paisley pantsuits, and should I be worried about it happening
>> to me?
>>
>> Oh, God, it already has. Guy and Ralna have bewitched me.
>>
>> K.D. Lang famously almost outed herself in a performance once by saying
>> "I've heard the rumors, and I want to address this tonight; it's true, I
>> am a lllllll...awrence Welk fan.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:15:41 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...
>>
>> But..but..but....yes he recorded with Johnny Hodges (and it was a 
>> gorgeous
>> album, I agree).
>>
>> But it's still LAWRENCE FREAKIN' WELK!
>>
>> And nobody cries when you cut up an accordion.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> Jeff,  Welk had a black drummer for several years,  Paul something,  who
>>> replaced the excellent Johnny Klein.  This would have been ca. 1968 - 
>>> 75.
>>>
>>> George Cates was Welk's musical director for many years and wrote a lot
>>> of
>>> fine charts.  The other day I watched a YouTube vid where Welk announces
>>> that a tune was "a Joe Haymes arrangement."
>>>
>>> Taylor B
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lawrence Welk's son said...
>>>
>>>
>>>> Interesting that this thread would come up. Welk was a huge traditional
>>>> jazz
>>>> fan, and his last band was one of the best big bands in the country,
>>>> with
>>>> excellent musicians who could play absolutely everything. When the band
>>>> played big band standards, it played them very well. He had excellent
>>>> arrangers such as Jack Pleis and Joe Rizzo (who once wrote for Stan
>>>> Kenton).
>>>>
>>>> Let's also remember that he loved Johnny Hodges, produced an album for
>>>> him
>>>> in which no expense was spared, and wanted to hire him to play lead in
>>>> his
>>>> band, proving he was also color-blind when it came to musicians
>>>> (although
>>>> Arthur Duncan was the only black performer on the show, and a tap 
>>>> dancer
>>>> to
>>>> boot). If he couldn't get Hodges, he got alto players who sounded like
>>>> Hodges, such as Skeets Herfurt whom he got out of retirement. I looked
>>>> forward to Herfurt's solos every week, as he could still play
>>>> beautifully.
>>>>
>>>> Welk knew what the public wanted and gave it to them (Yes, I also find
>>>> Joe
>>>> Feeney and Norma Zimmer hard to take), but he had good taste in music,
>>>> and
>>>> it showed in the final years of his show.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Sultanof
>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:11 AM, RAY KILCOYNE <kil at roadrunner.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: "Rodger Holtin"
>>>>> The problem for guys like DL and others is you have to wade through
>>>>> hours
>>>>> of
>>>>> Joe Feenamint and Norma Zimmmmerrrrzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ... and I don't 
>>>>> blame
>>>>> you.
>>>>> We let it play while we do the dishes and once in a while get lucky -
>>>>> but
>>>>> like any other instance of getting lucky - it's not very often.
>>>>> I've waded through many an hour of Welk just for a short glimpse of
>>>>> Kathy
>>>>> Lennon.  Still do.
>>>>> RayK
>>>>>
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