[78-L] Bonnie (Tutmarc) Guitar keeps picking and singing

[David Lennick]

She turns 90 on March 25th.

dl

On 3/12/2013 12:46 PM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
> Here's a YouTube posting -- featuring a home recording with Bonnie Guitar
> and her family rehearsing and delighting in doing so for a concert. She was
> 85 or older when this was made. Her daughter, Paula Tutmarc Johnson, a fine
> country, pop and jazz singer died three days ago. Paula (from the 45 rpm
> era) recorded a "bubbling under the Top 100" pop song many years ago.
>
> All that said, there are few artists from the 78 rpm era available to watch
> practice. She began at 78 rpm and hasn't slowed down. She released several
> songs on Seattle's Morrison label releases in the late 1940s, on at least
> two Seattle labels--Morrison and Rivers. Her then husband, Paul Tutmarc
> (and his Wranglers) was 29 years older than Bonnie when they married. Their
> grandson, Shane Tutmarc is keeping the music alive, and lives and records
> in Nashville.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPyftSfUBik
>
> Dennis Flannigan