[78-L] Really preposterous sweet band

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Dan Van Landingham" <danvanlandingham at yahoo.com>
> Yes.I had a Bluebird of his "Stop and Go" band.It wasn't much of a 
> band.The side
I had
was "Raining in My Heart".Fortunately,I haven't ran onto more of that 
band.I've
never h-
eard any of the bands Garber led that didn't sound like his mickey mouse 
ones.

Garber led a typical "jazz" band 192-3? Thereafter, his band was essentially
a copy of Lombardo.

Steven C. Barr



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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 9:44:23 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Really preposterous sweet band

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
>
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