[Dixielandjazz] Louis, Hello Dolly

[Richard Broadie]

Hi Jim.  The quote attributed to me is unfamilir.  Check your source.  I
heard from Louis (after bassist's Wellman Braud's rosary the night before
Wellman's funeral - Oct. '66) that they were traveling and got mumerous
requests for Dolly.  Had to buy the recording (or music?) because they had
no idea what Hello Dolly sounded like.  Dick B
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JimDBB at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Louis, Hello Dolly


> In a message dated 7/16/2003 3:56:48 PM Central Standard Time,
> richard.broadie at gte.net writes:
>
> > >The way I heard the story, Louis and the band found out about it being
a
> > hit
> > >after returning to the States, and ended up going to a cafe and putting
> > >money in the Nickelodeon over and over to "learn" it from their own
> > >recording.
>
> Arvell Shaw, Louis's long time bassist, told this version himself, as he
was
> there.  Louis and the band were playing a series of one nighters out in
the
> boon docks...he believed that it was Iowa.  They kept getting requests for
> "Hello Dolly" and no one could make sense of it.  One of the guys vaguely
> remembered recording the tune in a recording session the previous year.
Louis had his
> manager get a copy from the record co.
>
> Jim B
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