[Dixielandjazz] More on Lu Watters?

[Norrie Thomson]

Hi Listmates

I second Dan's request.

Norrie

Norrie Thomson
Edinburgh
Scotland
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Augustine <ds.augustine@mail.utexas.edu>
To: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 5:02 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] More on Lu Watters?


> Folks--
>     Lately i've been wanting to read more about Lu Watters.  I already
have and have read (and re-read) the two books from the San Francisco
Traditional Jazz Foundation (at http://www.sftradjazz.org) called _Emperor
Norton's Hunch_ by John Buchanan, and _The Great Jazz Revival_ by Pete Clute
and Jim Goggin.  They have whet my whistle for more about Lu Watters.
>     I have also found a couple of websites with some paragraphs about him,
but what i want i guess are newspaper and magazine articles written about
(and by) him, especially while he was still alive.  I'm especially curious
how someone with his talent (both for playing and composing) could abruptly
quit and do something else (apparently as a cook for some state institution)
for the rest of his life (except for the Bodega Bay concert, of course).
>     I've already started to go through the UT library's copies of the
_Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature_, starting about 1940, but before i
dive into that and the _Music Index_, does anyone know of any other books or
bibliographies on Lu Watters?  Are there any books (histories, etc.) with
substantial sections or chapters on ol' Lu and/or the Yerba Buena Jazz Band?
>     Thanks.
>
> Dan
>
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