[78-L] Lu Watters air shot

[Thatcher Graham]

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-- Thatcher 





buster wrote:
> Are Lu Watters records attractive to collectors?  I have a huge pile  
> of them, I guess from the 50s and 60s, that I got from one of Turk  
> Murphy's trumpet players many years ago on a trip to Marin county,  
> near San Francisco. He got them off of Turk's widow, so I guess they  
> were originally from his collection.
>
> I sampled a few but didn't like them so there they sit.
>
> On Jun 6, 2010, at 4:31 PM, David Lewis <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>   
>> I don't have any further info at the moment, but that's a heck of a  
>> find Cary.
>>
>> Uncle Dave Lewis
>> uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
>>
>>
>> Found a two-sided Presto vinyl test pressing today containing two  
>> "air shots" by Lu Watters'
>> Yerba Buena Jazz Band. John Buchanan's discography in his Watters  
>> bio "Emperor Norton's Hunch"
>> indicates that "Tar Paper Stomp" was recorded at Hambone Kelly's in  
>> El Cerrito, Calif. in the
>> summer of 1950. It was issued on a GHB CD #97. The other side,  
>> however, is not listed in the
>> discography. This is "Coney Island Washboard" with a vocal by Clancy  
>> Hayes. The announcer's
>> intro states that this side is also recorded at Hambone Kelly's  
>> sometime in 1950. There is
>> audience applause, so this is most likely an air shot. Anyone know  
>> anything more about this
>> side?
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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