[Dixielandjazz] Re: James Scott

[Goggin, Brian (Dublin)]

Bill,
Didn't realise Scott wrote "Victory Rag". 
I have a film of country guitarist Sam McGhee playing a fingerpicked version
of that.
Brian.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bill Haesler [SMTP:bhaesler at nsw.bigpond.net.au]
> Sent:	Saturday, January 25, 2003 10:58 PM
> To:	John Farrell
> Cc:	dixieland jazz mail list
> Subject:	[Dixielandjazz] Re: James Scott
> 
> Dear John,
> As you know, I love a challenge.
> The only early record of this song I could find was "Has Anyone Seen My
> Corinne"
> recorded in NY for Columbia (A-2663) by Wilber Sweatman on 17 Aug 1918.  
> I dug out my German Storyville (6.28469) double LP by the Boogie Woogie
> Boys and
> played "Has Anyone Seen Corrinne" by Albert Ammons, taken from Sherman
> Hotel
> broadcasts in Sept-Oct 1939.
> A very good song and aurally could have been composed in the late teens.
> A great Ammons' rendition too.
> Storyville give composer credit to Ammons.
> James Scott, the ragtimer (1885-1922), composed 38 rags and songs between
> 1903
> and 1922 as follows:
> A Summer Breeze
> The Fascinator
> On The Pike
> Frog Legs Rag
> Kansas City Rag
> My Girl (from Anaconda)
> Grace And Beauty
> Great Scott Rag
> Valse Venice
> The Ragtime 'Betty'
> Sunburst Rag
> Sweetheart Time
> Hilarity Rag
> Ophelia Rag
> Hearts Longing
> The Princess Rag
> Quality Rag
> Ragtime Oriole
> The Suffragette
> Climax Rag
> Take Me Out To Lakeside
> Evergreen Rag
> Honeymoon Ra
> Prosperity Rag
> Efficiency Rag
> Paramount Rag
> Dixie Dimples
> Rag Sentimental
> Springtime Of Love
> New Era Rag
> Peace And Plenty Rag
> The Shimmie Shake
> Modesty Rag
> Pegasus
> Don't Jazz Me- Rag (I'm Music)
> Victory Rag
> Broadway Rag
> Nothing there about 'Corinne/Corrinne'.
> Looks like a job for our 'Angel', Audrey Van Dyke.
> And find someone with the Sweatman 78. 
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
> PS: What CD do you have it on?
> 
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