[78-L] Blue Beaver Orch
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Sep 3 19:43:44 PDT 2010
Isn't it always Harry Reser? No stranger to Gennett, although I've seen him
spelled "Reiser" on 4904 (Kitten on the Keys, quite a nice record). I'm just
about to spin Yerkes' Saxophone Sextette's immortal "Squealin' Pig Blues".
dl
On 9/3/2010 10:07 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Just got a red Gennett of the charmingly named 'Blue Beaver Orchestra" which
> is pretty clearly yet another pseudonym for Nathan Glantz. The tunes are so
> forgettable that I've forgotten them already, but what is interesting about
> the two mostly run-of-the-mill sides is the outstanding banjo heard on both
> sides...one side just in the ensemble but on the other side he also has a
> very nice break.
>
> He's really good, and he doesn't sound like any of the guys of that era
> that I've heard a lot of.
>
> Anyone have the record and have an idea who's on banjo? It's in Rust...the
> first two sides listed under Blue Beaver.
>
> Thanks from
>
> Taylor
>
>
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