[Dixielandjazz] "Slugger Ryan" plays Honky Tonk.

[Stephen Barbone]

> "John Farrell" <stridepiano at tesco.net> wrote
>
> Probably Dick Hyman - I remember attending one of his concerts during which
> he mentioned that he used to play a lot of this kind of thing under several
> pseudonyms such as Willie "The Rock" Knox, Ira Ironstrings etc. I'm pretty
> sure he said that Slugger Ryan was one of them.

Right on, unless he is a victim of identity theft. Dick Hyman has definitely
recorded Polka Albums and others as far back as the 1950s under the names "Slugger
Ryan" and "Knuckles O'Toole", as well as the other names John mentions.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone