[Dixielandjazz] Re: No dirge for England--not quite yet
dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
Thu, 30 May 2002 23:24:05 EDT
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In a message dated 5/30/02 3:51:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
roadie@btinternet.com writes:
> Hi Charlie,
>
> 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.
>
> Back to me sick bed,
>
> John,
> Suffolk, England.
>
Hmmm...I must have some Swedish in me that I didn't know about.
Jim Beebe
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/30/02 3:51:40 PM Central Daylight Time, roadie@btinternet.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hi Charlie,<BR>
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Bob Kerr's band used to play the National Anthem (slipping into the Beatles<BR>
"Lady Madonna" after the first verse) and, being a German tune (Handel ?),<BR>
it always received a good response from the German audiences even when the<BR>
drummer sometimes wore a Hitler mask. Strangely, out of all our audiences,<BR>
Brit, German, Danish, Belgian, Dutch, only the Swedish audiences were stone<BR>
facedly unmoved by the routine.<BR>
<BR>
Back to me sick bed,<BR>
<BR>
John,<BR>
Suffolk, England.<BR>
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Hmmm...I must have some Swedish in me that I didn't know about.<BR>
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Jim Beebe<BR>
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