[78-L] EDDIE FISHER

[Taylor Bowie]

Now I want to go dig out my Davis Decca of Ten Tiny Toes..I recall that 
Davis is right on the mark as far as the meter,  but I may be nostalgiafying 
my memories.   In the early 60s,  I inherited a suitcase full of records 
which had belonged to a great-uncle who had died many years before I was 
even born.  He was a salesman,  on the road much of the time,  and took his 
suitcase with him.  There was exactly one pop record among the 80 or 
so...all the rest were black jazz and blues artists of the 20s and 30s and a 
few very jazzy country disks including the Davis.

Who would have imagined that one of my ancestors was also a fan of Bo 
Carter,  Buddy Moss and Jelly Roll Morton??

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] EDDIE FISHER


>
> Jimmie Davis also was notoriously meter-challenged. He actually employed 
> somebody to come with him to recording sessions to point at him when it 
> was time for him to sing. Listen to some of his Victor and Decca 
> recordings and you'll hear him skip all kinds of beats. Davis was very 
> unmusical, but he was sharp - he never was a songwriter, but knew a good 
> song when he heard it ("You Are My Sunshine") and pounced on many with his 
> wallet.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:48:51 -0400
>> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] EDDIE FISHER
>>
>> Eddie Fisher and his bad sense of time: During recording sessions, Fisher
>> had someone tap him on the shoulder to cue him when to come in and sing.
>> Nelson Riddle told me this himself; for the album they made together 
>> (Games
>> That Lovers Play), the orchestral tracks were recorded first and then he 
>> was
>> overdubbed. Riddle saw this. To him this was insane.
>>
>
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