[Dixielandjazz] Re: No dirge for England--not quite yet

[john Petters]

John said
> Bob Kerr's band used to play the National Anthem (slipping into the
Beatles
> "Lady Madonna" after the first verse) and, being a German tune (Handel ?),
> it always received a good response from the German audiences even when the
> drummer sometimes wore a Hitler mask. Strangely, out of all our audiences,
> Brit, German, Danish, Belgian, Dutch, only the Swedish audiences were
stone
> facedly unmoved by the routine.

Bob's band gave it the treatment it deserved. I don't know what is more of a
drag - the Jubilee celebrations or the boring world cup. On reflection the
Jubilee is better - at least we get two days bank holiday this year.