[Dixielandjazz] Country & Western to Dixieland?

[Stephen Barbone]

Charlie Hooks wrote (that he could integrate Country Western, and
Dixieland)

I could, and it wouldn't be hard at all.  Think: "San Antonio Rose" as a
classic C&W that is easily dixiefyable (is that a word?  It should be.).
All you need is the properly phrased lead line (think Wild Bill
Davison--he
could dixify damn near anything, easily SAR) PLUS a trombone player who
knows his job.  Like Beebe, for instance.  Put Billy Kyle on piano and
you wouldn't even need Arvell on bass, although he would certainly help.

Come to think of it, just imagine Louis' band playing ANY tune--Trummy
and Louis, Barrett and Arvell and Billy, and take your choice of
clarinet players--those guys could take "Pomp and Circumstance" and
swing the hell of it--much less "Country Roads."  And any audience would
love it, even the C&W audience, although (duh...) they wouldn't know
why.

List mates:

I would think Charlie and Jim Beebe et al could do it easily also,
though he is too modest to say so. ;-). Barbone Street crosses over all
the time with songs like "Sioux City Sue" etc. And certainly a lot of
"Western Swing" is Dixieland in disguise, no?

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

PS. Heck, we even did "On The Road Again" a few times by request a few
years back. Makes a great Dixieland song.