[Dixielandjazz] Pete Daily and His Chicagoans

[Don Ingle]

The tunes Jim mentions, "I want to linger," and "When the war breaks out in
Mexico," were arranged by Rosie McHargue, and it was Rosie on clarinet. Not
sure who the tuba man was though Joe "Country Washburne did record with Pete
several times. Pete had Skippy Anderson on Piano and Sleepy Kaplan at times
on Drums.
I used to drive from No. Hollywood over Laural Canyon to Santa Monica Blvd.
to the Canyon Room where Pete was playing just to catch them -- hoping it
was a good night. Pete was fond of the suace as many of his players were.
One night was not a good night as far as sobriety. Skippy was in the middle
of a chorus when his eyes glazed over, his head fell down to hit the
keyboard and he was passed out., The band played on -- but not as well as
they usually did. Well, there were times when Pete's band was hot, hot, hot,
but there were other times best forgotten. The recordings show them off at
the better ability.
Don Ingle
----- Original Message -----
From: <JimDBB@aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pete Daily and His Chicagoans


> In a message dated 11/5/02 9:40:23 PM Central Standard Time,
> ds.augustine@mail.utexas.edu writes:
>
> >
> >      Hmm, wot's this?  Pete Daily's Chicagoans playing "South".  Never
> > heard of him, but how could anybody from Chicago be bad, hmm?
> > Download it and discover that it's Great!  Especially the tuba
> > player!  Wonderful tuba solo.  How come i've never heard of this guy
> > or his band before (well, other than the fact that i'm stupid and
> > ignorant, that is)?  And who the hell is the tuba player?
> >      I want to buy CDs, records, or cassettes of this band, but do i
> > find any at the usual places, no!  However, GEMM (www.gemm.com) does
>
>   Hats off, Dan to discovering the inimitable Pete Daily. One of my all
time
> favorites.
>   Pete's classic recording of "South" on Capitol records became a mini-hit
on
> juke boxes around the country and helped usher in the Dixieland Jazz
revival.
>  He had a terrific band with the great Warren Smith on trombone...some
body
> fill in the rest of who was in that band.
>
>   Capital records the late 40s began putting out lots of great Dixieland
> records on 78s with Pete Daily, Sharkey Bonano, Red Nichols, Pee Wee Hunt,
> Wingy Manone and others. Another gem by Pete ws" I Want to Linger."  And
my
> favorite, "When the war breaks out in Mexico, I'm going to Montreal."
Pete
> worked mainly in the LA southern  California area.
>
>   None of these gems have been reissued so you'll have to hit on
collectors.
> You might try the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago. They have a lot of used
> records and lots of 78s.  their phone # is 1-800-684-3480 or 773-539-5001
> Ask for their collectors dept.
>
> Incidentally, Bob Scobey about the same time had a great record of 'South"
> with a wonderful vocal with Clancy Hayes.  This is on the Good Time Jazz
> label and has been reissued on CD.. Try  www.Worldsrecords.com
>
> Hopefully, one day, Capitol Records will release or reissue those great
> recordings from that period.
>
> Jim Beebe
>