[78-L] FREE DESIGN LPS (WAS passing of rusty dedrick)

[Randy Watts]

"Kites Are Fun" was on what I believe was Waring's last album for Decca, recorded in 1968, which strives very hard to be more up-to-date by applying the Waring sound to contemporary songs like "Ode to Billie Joe," "It's Not Unusual" and "Walk on By."

Randy

--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Dan Van Landingham <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com> wrote:

> It's funny you should mention "Kites
> are Fun".When I was in college,I was a music major at
> Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay,Oregon,I
> remember playing the pie-
> ce.I played trumpet,then tenor and baritone saxes.This was
> between 1970 and '72. We did
> not care for it as I recall.The professor I had was very
> commercially oriented; a lot of so cal-
> led jazz-rock charts.It sounds strange to me that Fred
> Waring actually recorded the piece
> for Decca.