[78-L] Curly Hicks

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> I was right. Kevin Coffey has indeed delved into the Curly Hicks 
> situation in depth, and is even in touch with family members of one of 
> the men who played accordion with the group. Here's his note to me. 
> 
Not that the first years of Bluebird (1932-34?) featured "house
bands/artists" unrelated to their Victor counterparts,,,! Victor
was figuring out how to compete with the ARC "cheap labels"...
later, they started featuring "name artists" (i.e. BG & Miller)
on their 35-cent label in order to compete with Jack Kapp's
35-cent Decca label...!

Steven C. Barr