[Dixielandjazz] Ya'll got Altzheimers

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

Come on fellas. some of you Older than me guys must have some stories or 
reccollections or even lies about these groups.   This is supposed to be THE 
definitive list of Experts on Traditional Jazz, and I got my butt chewed out a 
couple years ago because I admited I did not know who Clarence Williams was.    
Now if a Johnny come lately like me can know about these guys the rest of you 
must be witholding a shipload of information.

So far the only guy who has responded to this post has been my buddy Tito 
Martino from Brazil.   But then again maybe the only guys who ever played 
Dixieland or Traditional Jazz  really were Bix. Louis, Buddy Bolden, Turk Murphy and 
Lu Watters or Dukes of Dixieland,   :))

How about some recollections about the following groups from some of the old 
timers who saw or played with them.

Louis Dumaine and his Jazzola Eight:

Sam Morgan's Jazz Band:

Pickette-Parham & Apollo Syncopators:

Bennie Moten & his Kansas City Orchestra:

Frenchy's String Band:

Ben Tobier & The California Cyclones:

George McClennon's Jazz Devils:

or How about Frankie Franko & His Louisianians:

That ought to keep some of you busy in the archives for a few days and stir 
up some interesting threads.


Is there anybody out there who ever heard The Mathews Band from Lockport, 
Louisiana Live??


Cheers,

Tom Wiggins
Inquiring minds want to know.