[78-L] Orrin Tucker close to 100

[Cary Ginell]

I met Tucker once. It was probably in the early 1980s. He was interested in taking over a Hollywood Blvd. facility that used to be a ballroom and now was just a cheap bar/restaurant with a large dance floor. He wanted to turn it into an old-fashioned western dance hall and I think when I got there to talk to him, Tex Williams was performing to try out the place. I'm pretty sure Hank Penny had told me about it and corralled Tex into going down there. Nothing came of it and Tex died shortly afterward, but I always wondered what happened to Tucker. In my brief time knowing him, he was crafty, knowledgeable about the business, and VERY cheap.  Maybe that's why it didn't happen.

I hadn't thought about this occurrence in some time; I'd have to go through my archives and see if I took any photos that day in the ballroom. It was definitely a strange incident.

Cary Ginell

> From: kil at roadrunner.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:39:01 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Orrin Tucker close to 100
> 
> 
> From: "Kristjan Saag"
> > Former band leader Orrin Tucker will be a 100 years on February 17th.
> > Does anyone know where he lives?
> > Kristjan
> >
> Here are a couple of sites that mention living in South Pasadena, California 
> in the 90's.  The first one says he may be in a nursing home.
> 
> http://www.bigbandlibrary.com/orrintucker.html
> 
> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-01-07/features/9601070170_1_band-ballrooms-film
> 
> RayK 
> 
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