[Dixielandjazz] FW: dangerous bones!

[Fred Spencer]

There have been four unfortunate trombonists -
Charlie Green, who "found himself locked out of his house ...and froze to
death while sleeping on the doorstep." Not true - his death certufucte shows
that he died of tuberculosis (see my book, "Jazz and Death. Medical Profiles
of Jazz Greats").
Martin Carroll was "killed when the car in which he was being driven pulled
iup suddenly, throwing him forward on to his trombone...and penetating his
lungs".
Edie Vincent, who "was going down a rickety staircase...[when] his trombone
fell from his grasp and he was killed in the fall." (all from Brian Rust in
"The Guinness Book of Music", ed 2).
and, of course
Major Glenn Miller, who vanished en route from England to France in 1944.
What happened is unclear.Three books have been written about this-Wilbur
Wright, "Millergate" and "The Glenn Miller Burial File", and David
Wright, "Millergate. The Final Solution", which needless to say, it is not.
Cheers.
Fred .
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Kashishian" <kash at ran.es>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 11:29 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW: dangerous bones!


>
> Dave Hanson recently sent me the often seen post about the dangers of
> sitting in front of a trombonist.  I answered him with.......
>
> Dave, apparently that story has been on the internet for quite some
> time, and is a hoax.
>
> I went on to say:
>
>  I did hit a lady once.....at the Rouge Et Noir in Seal Beach, CA.....in
> my youth.  I hit her right in the throat as she walked in front of my
> slide.  She fell to the floor gagging with a collapsed windpipe, and an
> ambulance actually had to come and take her away!   That would have been
> in 1959....with the South Frisco.
>
> I am very aware of where my slide is now, and can come very close to
> approaching crowds, but never hit them.  They might get a bit of spray
> for a leaky spit valve, but that's just part of the joy of listening to
> Jazz.........:>
> Jim
>
> Then, Dave wrote back with an even better story, which you all might
> enjoy reading:
>
> James,
>
> I thought it might be a hoax, but that's why I sent it to you guys. I've
> never hit anyone but  had the slide yanked off buy a drunk and he
> flipped it across a club. I rushed to Giardenelli's the next morning to
> get the slide fixed while I waited. That night the same guy came back in
> and caught me again. The waiters took him outside the place and beat the
> crap out of him, so I found out later. The club owner bought me a new
> horn, that was the amazing part !
>
> Regards, Dave Hanson
>
> Has anyone else got some good "slide stories"?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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