[78-L] Mory Leaf

Malcolm Rockwell malcolm at 78data.com
Sat Oct 5 15:45:00 PDT 2013


Just received an odd record I bought at ePay a couple of weeks ago. Here 
are the details:

Co 951-D
W 143428-2    Mory Leaf    De Sturry From Captain John Smeet With 
Pumpkinhontas
W 143438-1    Mory Leaf    Sonya (Mory Leaf's Version)

They are both odd dialect comedy routines. Rust's Columbia Master Book 
Discography (Vol. III, p. 138) says both are unaccompanied BUT "Sonya" 
is self-accompanied by Leaf on ukulele. They were both done in  Los 
Angeles about a week apart, and the latter recording follows a session 
by Sol Hoopii.  If you have the book you might want to make a note. He's 
not particularly funny but they are very clever.
I like 'em.
Malcolm


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