[78-L] Well EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!!!

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Bill McClung" <bmcclung78 at gmail.com>
> Several years ago I played my first Bull Moose Jackson on King and it was 
> a
> ballad that I stopped about thirty seconds in.  And so for a long time 
> that
> was my impression of Bull Moose Jackson.  And I was so very wrong.  So now 
> I
> try very hard not to judge a performer by a single side or a single label 
> or
> single decade. The same applies to genres.
> I know almost nothing about classical 78s and not much more about Edisons
> and I plan to start my exploration of them after I am done with blues and
> bebop and hokum and big band and gospel and western swing and cajun
> and.............well, it may be a while).  But I can't see the point in
> making a pronouncement about something I don't know much about.   I make
> enough mistakes talking about stuff I think I do know.  I recently learned
> to spell accordian correctly.
> Julian,
> The Basie Columbias and Clefs are better as a whole than the Deccas but 
> the
> Deccas do have Shorty George and Jumping at the Woodside and One O'clock
> Jump.  There are some good sides there.
> I can't really speak to Moten but I do think Ella did some wonderful sides
> (the simplicity of It's Only a Paper Moon or the spunk of Ain't Nobody's
> Business in her duet with Louis Jordan).  I think Ella was incredibly
> over-exposed and that her Decca 78s contained an incredible number of 
> poorly
> chosen songs.
> I started down my list of country 78s and blues 78s to give you some
> suggestions and just started laughing because of the incredible variety of
> styles and because of the incredible cross overs between the two genres.
> Lonnie Johnson.  Jimmy Reed.  T-Bone Walker.  Magic Sam.  Tampa Red. 
> Merle
> Travis.   All different styles within the same genre.  Maybe you just
> haven't gone as deeply into this as you have with other genres or
> performers.
> And Cary could have mentioned Milton Brown who truly blurs the lines among
> many genres and who never, ever whined and who I think you would like.
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
>

Brown deserved credit (IMHO) for having been the evident first musician
to expand Luis Russell's "Stick out your can, here comes the garbage man"
vocal riff into a full-side-length song, which he titled (IIRC) "Garbage Man
Blues!" I first heard it (and learned the tune from) a "party record" on the
Whiz label...which bore only "Garbage Man" (no artist, composer or
other such data?!). I recorded the version I knew (slightly expurgated
for decency's sake...!) and gave myself credit as "arranger" rather than
"composer!" It's still a favourite among my ever-diminishing coterie
of listeners; I'm hoping to resume my "musical career" in the near
future after buying a WHOLE bunch of harmonicas (insofar as blues
isstill in demand here in Oshawa, Ont'o., Canada...?!)!

In fact, my 1999 CD release is probably available via the Internet
both for purchase and "audition"...?!

Steven C. Barr