[78-L] Grandfather of Jazz Guitar?

[Taylor Bowie]

He was a great guitarist and did record a few instrumentals in the early 
20s...but he and Brunswick learned that his singing would sell more records!

Around 1975,  I was at a Joe Venuti gig here in Seattle...at the wonderful 
old Marine Room in the Olympic Hotel,.  Nick Lucas was in the audience and 
Joe brought him up on stage to sing one song.  It was an odd pick....I Left 
My Heart In San Francisco...but Lucas,  who was nearly 80,  really did it up 
right.

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David London" <jusmee123 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 4:42 PM
Subject: [78-L] Grandfather of Jazz Guitar?


>I like having the computer handy to search for info artists and records as
> I play them.
>
> I just discovered a record by this artist - Nick Lucas.  I had not heard
> of him before, but you can certainly hear his great guitar work.   (the
> record I have is  Brunswick 4418, Tip-toe through the tulips and Painting
> the Clouds with Sunshine)  I think he deserves the title of 'Grandfather 
> of
> Jazz Guitar'.
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