[78-L] Really preposterous sweet band
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Thu Dec 23 21:44:23 PST 2010
Jan Garbage did manage to break away from the corn crib once in a while.
Probably found he couldn't make any money that way. And let's be glad Dailey
had that sideline running a little dance hall on the Pompton Turnpike,
dl
On 12/24/2010 12:32 AM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Chatting with Mr. Barr about Lombardo and Garber for some reason reminded me
> of another recent arrival in the Olde Recorde Stash...a staff Bluebird from
> 1938 of "What Goes On Here In My Heart" by Frank Dailey and his "Stop and
> Go" Orchestra.
>
> Until now, I'd thought the most over-the-top sweet stuff might have been
> from Garber in the 40s, the "Rippling Rhythm" of Shep Fields or maybe Sammy
> Kaye at his wah-wah-iest.
>
> It all sounds like Boyd Raeburn playing "Boyd Meets Stravinsky" compared
> with Mr. D's stopping and going.
>
> I don't even know how to describe it...but it brings to mind a little bit o'
> Blue Barron, the Charlie Barnett record of The Wrong Idea, with a slight
> sprinkle of Spike Jones sound effects.
>
> Anybody else familiar with these Dailey Stop and Go records? The earlier
> Bluebirds of Dailey sound nothing like these.
>
> I should add that I'm quite taken with this record, maybe because it's
> so...something.
>
>
> Taylor
>
More information about the 78-L
mailing list