[Dixielandjazz] Re: Clarinet reeds & Fazola

[Jim Denham]

In message <016801c2c1fa$c5911680$fc8efea9 at webone.com.au>, Phil O'Rourke 
<philor at webone.com.au> writes
>Brian Groggin asked
>
>> Is it true that he was very fond of garlic dishes and whoever inheritted
>his
>> clarinet (someone famous - can't remember who) said that every time he
>> warmed it up there'd be a big hum of garlic wafting around the room!
>> Is that true?
>
>The story goes that happened to Pierre Dewey LaFountaine Jr.
>
>Phil O'Rourke
>Australia
>
>
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Kenny Davern claims to have played Faz's clarinet and said "take it away",
because of the garlic fumes.

But, as Butch Thompson says, most of us would put up with the smell if just a
little bit of that Faz magic would rub off.

Yours,
-- 
Jim Denham