[Dixielandjazz] Emil Orth on sittin' in with Bob Scobey and Clancy Hayes
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The follwing email is from my old friend, Emil Orth, after he received my
post, "Sittin' in with Bob Scobey and Clancy Hayes.
Emil Orth and I were in the Dept. of Pacific Marine Corps Band in 1952-53.
We were stationed at a Navy Base, Treasure Island (TI) off of San Francisco.
Emil is a fine trombonist and both of us then were not long out of high
school. We both loved Dixieland jazz and would go over most weekends to
Oakland where Bob Scobey and Clancy Hayes were ensconced at Vic's and
Roxie's. Scobey's trombonist, Jack Buck was playing piano and so Scobey had
no trombone. Scobey started letting us sit in and so we would take turns.
Besides the great fun and excitement of this we both learned a great deal.
Emil Orth today still plays great trombone and is active with the Beale St.
Jazz band in Memphis.
> From:<A HREF="mailto:eorth2@midsouth.rr.com">eorth2@midsouth.rr.com</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:JimDBB@aol.com">JimDBB@aol.com</A>
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> Hi Jim, I remember Clancy's key of G simply because of all my fumble
> fucking around looking for it on the hornI 'cause Bob called it cold on me
> one nite ....my God, what an embarrasment. I have always played and sung
> it in F cause my voice is sorta pitched there. The tune lays much better
> in F but Clancy was probably more comfortable in G...a pitch or so higher.
> I dug out one of my old CD copies from the original recording and played
> with it on my horn and sure 'nuff its in G.
>
> Speaking of being picked up at the TI gate, do you remember Clancy"s Buick
> (4 holes in the front fender...wow, big time!). I think it was a '48 or
> so. I vividly remember a time or two when he and his wife were on the outs
> and did'nt bother to stop bitching at each other when I got in the back
> seat....all the way to E 12th in Oakland and into Vic & Roxies joint...The
> language was blue and the threats sounded so real to my young ears....she
> would leave during the job and show up in time to pick us up and when
> Clancy got back behind the wheel she never missed a beat in her bitching.
> She was a real piece of work.....so was he, but I loved the workmanship
> that went into him ! ! !
> A thot' just occured to me...do you realize that we have been friends now
> since '52 to '02. Holy shit, thats a good 50 years. Hang in there old
> friend and we'll talk later.
>
> Semper Fi, Emil
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2> The follwing email is from my old friend, Emil Orth, after he received my post, "Sittin' in with Bob Scobey and Clancy Hayes.<BR>
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Emil Orth and I were in the Dept. of Pacific Marine Corps Band in 1952-53. We were stationed at a Navy Base, Treasure Island (TI) off of San Francisco. Emil is a fine trombonist and both of us then were not long out of high school. We both loved Dixieland jazz and would go over most weekends to Oakland where Bob Scobey and Clancy Hayes were ensconced at Vic's and Roxie's. Scobey's trombonist, Jack Buck was playing piano and so Scobey had no trombone. Scobey started letting us sit in and so we would take turns. Besides the great fun and excitement of this we both learned a great deal. <BR>
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Emil Orth today still plays great trombone and is active with the Beale St. Jazz band in Memphis.<BR>
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Hi Jim, I remember Clancy's key of G simply because of all my fumble fucking around looking for it on the hornI 'cause Bob called it cold on me one nite ....my God, what an embarrasment. I have always played and sung it in F cause my voice is sorta pitched there. The tune lays much better in F but Clancy was probably more comfortable in G...a pitch or so higher. I dug out one of my old CD copies from the original recording and played with it on my horn and sure 'nuff its in G.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Speaking of being picked up at the TI gate, do you remember Clancy"s Buick (4 holes in the front fender...wow, big time!). I think it was a '48 or so. I vividly remember a time or two when he and his wife were on the outs and did'nt bother to stop bitching at each other when I got in the back seat....all the way to E 12th in Oakland and into Vic & Roxies joint...The language was blue and the threats sounded so real to my young ears....she would leave during the job and show up in time to pick us up and when Clancy got back behind the wheel she never missed a beat in her bitching. She was a real piece of work.....so was he, but I loved the workmanship that went into him ! ! !</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">A thot' just occured to me...do you realize that we have been friends now since '52 to '02. Holy shit, thats a good 50 years. Hang in there old friend and we'll talk later.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> Semper Fi, Emil</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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