[78-L] Second Line

[Taylor Bowie]

Hi Bill,

In my experience copies of The Second Line are pretty hard to find.   The 
earliest I've seen are from the early 50s but I guess there must be issues 
from the 40s as well.  Is it still going?

I can't imagine any other single issue having so many interesting  articles 
as the one you found..good scouting on your part!

Taylor





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill McClung" <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
To: "78-L" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:11 AM
Subject: [78-L] Second Line


> I'm in New Orleans this week (sorry, Gary, I'm not in Austin but I will 
> get to Waterloo as fast as I can) and in a used bookstore found the winter 
> 1977 edition of The Second Line which was the publication of the New 
> Orleans Jazz Club.  It is volume xxix so it was nearing it's thirtieth 
> year of publication at the time.
>
> In 48 pages there were the following:
>
> The lead article was by Merrill Hammond and was about "Collecting Hot" and 
> told of his record collecting that began in 1934.
>
> The second article was by Gilbert Erskine and profiled Milt Gabler and 
> Commodore Record Shop and Commodore Records.  One of the photos shows 
> Gabler in his shop (with the rows and rows of 78s) in 1940.  He is sitting 
> on cartons of a fresh shipment of Delaunay's "Hot Discography."   Mr. Biel 
> mentions this and it appears the same day before my eyes.
>
> The third article is a remembrance of Connee Boswell who had died in 
> October 1976.  Many of the members of the Jazz Club had personal stories 
> to tell.
>
> The fourth article profiled Jazz Club member Ed Garland who was the last 
> surviving person to have PLAYED with Buddy Bolden.
>
> The fifth article talked of Irving Fazola and the part he played in the 
> development of the Glenn Miller sound.
>
> On page 45 it says "Blessed be the names of record collectors, for their 
> perserverance and insight are the torches needed by those who stumble by 
> firefly-light.  Truly, they have preserved the evidence and their reissues 
> shall live after them.  Their steps to Salvation will resound on tapes all 
> the days of our lives.  Go and do likewise."
>
> And then it lists "Squirrel Ashcraft, George Avakian, Harry Avery, Orin 
> Blackstone, Rudi Blesh, John Chilton, Milt Gabler, Gordon Gullickson, John 
> Hammond, Merrill Hammond, George Hoefer, Ken Hulsizer, George Kay, Hoyte 
> Kline, Bill Love, Hugues Panassie, Bill Russell, Steve Smith, Edmond 
> Souchon, Harry Souchon, Marshall Stearns, John Steiner, et al.   Amen"
>
> Anybody out there have other issues of this publication?  I would love to 
> find more.
>
>
> Bill McClung
> bmcclung at ix.netcom.com
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