[Dixielandjazz] Re: Sweet Emma

[Louis Lince]

Dear Bill,

As if I would cancel a sub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the By the Sweet Emma double CD in question is (wash my mouth out with
holy water) a bit of a curate's egg (VBG)

best

Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Mick Potter" <mpotter at mentoneggs.vic.edu.au>; "dixieland jazz mail
list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; <koerthchkz at zeelandnet.nl>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Sweet Emma


> Dear Mick,
> I have one LP of Sweet Emma Barrett. 'The Bell Gal and Her Dixieland
Boys'.
> Preservation Hall #5001.
> Recorded 25 Jan 1961.
> It is still in its shrink wrap, unopened.
> Which probably says something!
> My very, very dear friend, the late Shirley House from your home town
> Melbourne, used to refer to her as 'Not-So-Sweet Emma'!
> Shirley and husband Dick, as you know, spend many years visiting New
Orleans
> annually.
> So Shirley would probably have known something.
> Unlike Hans, I do not think US$30 is a high price for the new Sweet Emma
> double CD, but I would not buy it for different reasons.
> Oh dear, listmate Louis Lince will probably now cancel my sub to his 'New
> Orleans Music' magazine.
> 8>)
> Have a great trip.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
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