[Dixielandjazz] Need Help finding song

[Don Ingle]

Dear friend John:
As a Michigander, I can say that we indeed grow lots of cider apples -- but
for most of the state, we grow more green tomatoes that fat red ones. Too
short a growing season up my way. We are having the first week of a touch of
a February thaw -- got up to 40 F. , but it ain't over yet! We averaged
about 6-8 degrees lower in all of January than normal -- and normal -
believe it -- is pretty damn cold in No. Michigan. A couple years ago we had
one day when the Fahrenheit and Celsuis scale agreed.
Minus 40 degrees below freezing. Our wrost here this year -- so far -- was
an overnight of minus 27 F. -- you do the conversion...we don't do
metrics..so far!
However, since this is a jazz forum, there are some jazz content tunes with
Michigan names -- try Michigan Waters Blues.
For big band, try (I've got a gal in) Kalamazoo.
And for trad jazz, though a flimsey connect, try Wolverine Blues (the last
wolverine who lived in Michigan did so in the ice age 12, 000 years ago -- 
and forget those nick-named Univ. of Michigan types. They really think
they're from the Ivy League and consider themselves Michi-GAWN-nians. That's
like someone at high tea sipping from the cup with their little pinkie
finger stuck out. Up here where the Michiganders live, any one who stuck out
their little pinkie finger at a high beer call would find some Jack Pine
Savage hanging a pretzal on it..
How's them tomatoes, Jack?
Don Ingle

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net>
To: "Craig Johnson" <civanj at adelphia.net>; "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List"
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Cc: "JazzMusic" <jazzmusiciansforum at JazzMusiciansForum.talklist.com>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Need Help finding song


> Howzabout "I Wanna Go Back To Michigan (Where The Ripe Tomatoes Grow)"?
>
> God,  I feel so old knowing all this esoteric stuff.
>
> John Farrell
> http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Craig Johnson" <civanj at adelphia.net>
> To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Cc: "JazzMusic" <jazzmusiciansforum at JazzMusiciansForum.talklist.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:52 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Need Help finding song
>
>
> > Years ago, one of my musicians referred to a song with the
> > title "XXX New Jersey, Where The Big, Fat Tomatoes Grow"
> > where XXX was something like "Take Me Back TO"
> > or "I Want To Go Back TO" or something else??
> >
> > Due to a severe brain disease, probably brought on by
> > advancing age, I would like to find this tune. Can someone
> > tell me the title and if possible, who MIGHT have recorded it?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Craig Johnson
>
>
>
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