[78-L] Flojay meets Hoffnung

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 8/11/2012 1:40 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 8/11/2012 11:06 AM, David Lennick wrote:
>> Good grief! Names please? Also put your hands where I can see them.
>>
>>
> It was an unreleased Diamond Disk and the "singer's" name was Ethel
> Stanley. This session is discussed in Dick Hill's "Sylvester Ahola, The
> Gloucester Gabriel." The banjoist was my wife's grandfather, Lou
> Calabrese. The short-lived group's name was "Hooley Ahola's Vikings',
> and comprised Al Philburn, Ernie Warren, Phil Wall, Thurlow Darrow,
> Johnny Morris, Lou and Hoolie. It was an unauthorized Specht side job
> (he was usually tolerant of them, though he was a stickler for
> contracted performances). The singer was foisted upon the group when
> they came to record on December 17, 1926 at the New York studios.
> I am not going to leave this up. Still can be heard in
> http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/14658
> http://bixbeiderbecke.com/mybabysback.mp3
> http://bixbeiderbecke.com/lookingatheworld.mp3
> Hooley's remarks
> http://bixbeiderbecke.com/HooleySpeaks.mp3
>
And, she wasn't joking.

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