[Dixielandjazz] Memorable requests

[Bill Gunter]

Don,

>Eddie Condon on a visit enroute to a Pacific tour requested . . . Ain't no 
>Man Worth the Sweat of My Tears. He grinned,
>when Bill said we didn't have in our book, and said "nobody else has 
>either,
>but there's always hope!"

It's in the book of the San Francisco Starlight Orchestra (which I was in 
for a year or so) and the correct title is "Ain't no Sweet Man Worth the 
Salt of My Tears."

Seems to me it was originally done by the Rhythm Boys in the Whiteman Band.

I know . . . picky picky picky!

Cheers,

Bill "Salty" Gunter
jazzboard@hotmail.com

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