[Dixielandjazz] Who was Jackson? was"Solid Gates" and "In Like Flynn"

[Stephen Barbone]

Don Ingle wrote:

> Jackson was Phil Harris's jive nickname for Jack Benny on Benny's radio
> show. "Hi ya, Jackson" was his greeting for many years when he made his
> entrance. Phil used a lot of what was then "Hep" slang in his role on the
> show.

Hey Don:

You are showing your age. Guys like you, Beebe, Hooks, Cooke, Connelly et al.,
(and me) are so old we were hep when it was hip to be hep. ;-)

Cheers,
Steve Barbone