[78-L] Capitolians on MGM

[Mark Bardenwerper]

Hello,
While tracing the whereabouts of Lou Calabrese during the late 20's 
early 30's and trying to find the exact points at which he left Paul 
Specht and then the Capitol Theater for Minnesota, I find at least one 
MGM disk credited to him, 1090-P Singing In The Bathtub/If I Had A 
Talking Picture Of You.

We find Paul working at the Capitol for a time. I understand he had 
stylistic conflicts with the music director there, whose name escapes me 
right this moment (was it Mendoza?).

Firstly, his style became hard to trace as banjo definitely was going 
more and more into the background and what was left was more a strum not 
like what I am familiar (save his work Jimmy Lytell on Pathe). Second, I 
am realizing the the name, "Capitolians" was of the theater house band 
and the membership changed continuously, though some greats found refuge 
there when things got rough at the end of the 20's. Lou did not show up 
on Specht's Columbias after late 28, but was found in 
Harmony/Diva/Supertone, the final discovery being 1064 as the Georgians, 
Singing In The Bathtub, in November, 1929. The matrix for this cut is 
the same as the MGM 1090-P.

So, does someone have a discography for MGM's and does Lou show up on 
any other disks?

-- 
Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.

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