[78-L] Jack Palmer

[David Lennick]

Okay, the records didn't go where I thought they might have gone. So it's back 
to "who did he sell them to?"

dl

On 11/11/2010 10:05 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
> Jack worked very hard to keep the memory alive of his favorite
> performer, Vernon Dalhart, and it comes through in the picture from ARSC
> that Steve Ramm just posted. http://tinyurl.com/29faytb  It shows Jack
> giving his paper wearing a hat that says Vernon Dalhart!  And he often
> wore a T-shirt with Dalhart's photo. Maybe next ARSC we should all wear
> a T-shirt with Jack's photo on it in his honor!!
>
>
> His last ARSC posting (an accidental message) in mid October discussed
> his recent acquisition of some classical CDs -- the other side of his
> interests.   And his last 78-L posting was a wry comment about a
> listmember's attempt at a humorous listing of the records we would want
> played at our funeral.  He often mentioned his age and infirmities, but
> despite disposing of much of his long-time collection, he seems to have
> amassed a thousand CDs since then!  He was still going at it!
>
>
> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Come to think of it, my copy of the Dalhart discography is still
>> with the guy who might have bought a lot of Jack's 78s.  dl
>
> Jack did have the Dalhart collection go all to one place, didn't he?
>
> The obit says he was gathering materials for a second edition of the
> Dalhart book.  Anybody contact the family yet to see what is going to
> happen with this?
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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