[Dixielandjazz] RE: [Burt Wilson's Bio--Chapter 2]

[tom bengtsson]

Did anyone play a prettier rendition of I can't Get Started With You 
than Sam Hernandes who operated the Busket?
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 12:41 PM, david richoux wrote:

>
> On Wednesday, Jun 25, 2003, at 11:18 US/Pacific, Burt Wilson wrote:
>
>>
>> Later, I was in Dutch's Gashouse Gang, a show band that played three 
>> nights
>> a week. In the band were Al Smith (his first gig) on trumpet, Barry 
>> Durkee,
>> banjo, Dutch Deutsch, or course, Dave Beeman (whow we nicknamed "Capt.
>> Showbiz" and Bill Richards. I called it the "Leader Band" because so 
>> many
>> people--all of the above--went on to lead their own bands.
>>
> I have an old LP of "The Gashouse Gang Set One" recorded by Tony Rose 
> Studio of San Jose with Loren Hamlin (bj) Frank Price (dr) Big Al (no 
> instrument listed) Rex Moyer (tb,tr) Dick Flint (reeds & tr) John Moore 
> (tu) Mike Hermosillo (cr, v-tb) and Bob Bell (p)  referencing Big Al's 
> Gashouse in Palo Alto, CA, 1961.  Is this the same band at a different 
> time or a coincidence?
>
> (BTW, this record is most definitely what I would call Dixieland - not 
> Traditional Jazz)
>
> I am told that there were quite a few bands that played in the Palo 
> Alto area in the early 60's but as far as I know only Slim Hood and the 
> La Honda Bandits survived to the early-mid 70's revival with such bands 
> as Euphoria, Prof. Plum, Churchill St. and Magnolia bands playing the 
> local scene. Some of my first gigs with the Los Trancos Woods 
> Irregulars Jazz Band were at  bars called "The Bucket" and "Antonio's 
> Nut House." The Nut House is still around but the Bucket is long gone...
>
> One other band I want to know more about is the San Francisco Marching, 
> Trotting and Walking Band - I think there was an association with "Your 
> Father's Mustache" in the late 50's-early 60's and they recorded on 
> Fantasy but I don't know much more than what is on the record jacket.
>
> Anybody remember?
> Dave Richoux
>
>
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