[Dixielandjazz] Re: Matthews Band of Lockport

[D and R Hardie]

Dear Tom,
I doubt anyone alive has heard the Matthews Band of Lockport,
They were active around 1906, one of a number of bands in districts 
surrounding New Orleans and
look like a fairly traditional brass band of the time. (See p 82 of the 
Ancestry of Jazz).
I doubt they played jazz or recorded though this is probably Charles 
Suhor's territory.. he might be able to
get further information
regards Dan Hardie
Check out the website at
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~darnhard/EarlyJazzHistory.html

On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 03:42  PM, TCASHWIGG at aol.com wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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