[Dixielandjazz] Re: Pistol Packin' Mama

[Don Ingle]

The Godfrey show on radio opened with a muted trombone playing the lead of
"Seems Like Old Times." None other than Lou McGarrity. Also on the band was
Remo Palmieri, the fine jazz guitarist. I believe that among the various
interchanging  house band guys at that time was Bob Haggart who also was
doing the Perry Como TV show at that time. We are talking late 4O's early
50's period.
It was a rare chance to hear a little jazz mixed in with the other pop music
stuff Godgrey featured at that time -- From Pay Boone to LouMcGarrity it was
worth listening in to hear the difference.
Don Ingle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LeslieMRag at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:55 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Pistol Packin' Mama


> Hi:
>
> The posting about this song jogged some sort of long-lost memory from my
> early childhood. My grandparents had the Andrews Sisters' version of the
tune, but
> I seem to recall that someone from the Arthur Godfrey radio show (Janet
> something?) recorded this song, too (or perhaps it was "Put the Blame on
Mame"?). I
> have a foggy memory of playing the tune on my grandparents' phonograph,
and I
> was quite taken with what I thought were audacious lyrics. This was during
> the time when Arthur Godfrey reigned supreme on radio and television. My
> grandparents also had Julius LaRosa records and Chordettes records, and
they loved
> Godfrey's Hawaiian singer, Haleloke. I must admit, however, that my
favorite 78
> from my grandparents' collection was Spike Jones' "Cocktails for Two." I
still
> love it. I have my own copy now--my kids bought me a Spike Jones
Collection
> for Mother's Day some years ago, along with Ernie Kovacs and Stan Freberg
> collections. I guess that says something about my mothering, but I'm not
sure what.
>
> One more note about early television: Do you know of any jazz artists who
> were on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Show? Now that "American Idol" is so
popular, the
> network should dust off those old shows (though they've probably dumped
them
> as they did the early Tonight shows). As I remember it, the audience chose
the
> winners there, too.
>
> Leslie Johnson
> lesliemrag at aol.com OR
> editor at mississippirag.com
>
> Addendum: There's a new bassist poll up now on The Mississippi Rag's
website.
> If you want to vote, go to www.mississippirag.com, and click on "online
> poll." And, yes, I know polls are kind of silly, but they're kind of fun,
too, as
> long as no feelings are hurt. (That's why we do only the legends.)
>
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