[Dixielandjazz] West Coast Band was washboard!

[jazzfact]

Hi Russ,
It's a long way to go to do a sub gig, but if you are ever in Australia make
sure you put our home town Noosa in Queensland (check my webpage for a pic
of the Beach where we live) on your list of places to see. It's hot as the
hobs of hell here today with 90% humidity, I can't wait to get to tonight's
gig not the least for the aircon. We meet up tonight with a few other
travelling musos, John Hawes from Melbourne and Ian Edwards from New
Zealand. 

regards,
Richard Stevens
www.thejazzfactory.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Guarino [mailto:russg at redshift.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2004 9:59 AM
To: jazzfact
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] West Coast Band was washboard!

Richard,

If you ever need a clarinet sub, I would love to come up and play.

Russ, Monterey, Guarino
831-333-1612

jazzfact wrote:

> Hi Steve and All,
> I thought that all these bands had to have the two trumpet front line. The
> festival band I play in "The East Coast Frisco Band" (somewhat an
oxymoron)
> has two trumpets, Ian Smith and Eric Holroyd along with John Murray
> trombone, Michael Mcquaid clarinet, and a four piece rhythm section Bob
Mair
> drums, Bernice Haydock piano, Dave Robison banjo and me on Sousa. There is
a
> strong tradition for this style of band in Australia, even in the 50's the
> Johnson Band in Melbourne used this line up. Frank even wrote a few songs
in
> the style including the rarely heard "Wocka The Fish". How do you do it
with
> one trumpet?
>
> regards,
> Richard Stevens
> www.thejazzfactory.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Barbone
> Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2004 7:14 AM
> To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] In defense of Washboards
>
> > "Kurt" <bowermastergroup at qwest.net> wrote (polite snip)
> >
> > By the way, does anyone know when the washboard was first used in OKOM?
>
> Yes, they were first used by the towel boys at LuLu White's Bordello in
1909
> to clean up the bed sheets etc. Jelly Roll Morton upon hearing and falling
> in love with that rhythmic sound added them to his whorehouse piano
playing
> gigs and the rest is history. ;-)
>
> In defense of Washboards, I have been playing in a rehearsal band locally,
> The Red Lions, led by Tex Wyndham every Tuesday night that we can get
> together. West Coast Revival Style with at least 800 obscure tunes, 500
> semi-obscure tunes and 200 war horse tunes in the book. We lost our Tuba
guy
> when he moved to Texas, (Dave Stoddard)
> so we now use a Bass Sax. We also lost our drummer who moved to
Albuquerque
> and never replaced him so we are Cornet, TBone, Clarinet, Banjo, Piano,
Bass
> Sax.
>
> Two weeks ago, our ex drummer visited, sans drums, but used Tex's
washboard
> at the session. He played straight washboard rhythm throughout. (Roger
> Hailstone) It was a real treat to have a steady washboard player, pushing
> the beat and helped us all realize that in capable hands, a washboard sure
> beats the hell out of a no drummer
> band.
>
> The Red Lions play about 5 gigs a year in West Coast Revival Style locally
> and are working next on Feb 22 for the Tri State Jazz Society in New
Jersey
> and again on Fat Tuesday 2/24, with a sub for me, covering a Barbone
Street
> Mardi Gras gig at one of our five Mardi Gras Parties at local Iron Hill
> Brewery Locations. They'll be in
> Wilmington DE, at the Riverfront IHB. 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
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