[Dixielandjazz] Re: Pistol Packin' Mama

[LeslieMRag at aol.com]

Dear Harold:

THANK YOU! You're absolutely right about the tune--it WAS "I Didn't Know the 
Gun Was Loaded." Now it's all coming back to me, but I never would have 
remembered it without your help. And I had forgotten all about the Mariners. My 
mother listened to Godfrey's radio show faithfully for years, including when Max 
Morath was on the show. (Doesn't Max have a fabulous voice for radio?) Who knew 
at that time that Max would become a family friend after I started the RAG? 
What a bonus! And what a small world it is after all. 

Leslie Johnson
editor at mississippirag.com OR
lesliemrag at aol.com

In a message dated 05/20/2004 2:51:18 PM Central Daylight Time, 
s3856lpa at webtv.net writes:

> The "Janet" you mentioned was likely Janet Davis.  Betcha a nickel that
> the tune you were thinking of was not "Pistol Packin' Mama," but
> probably was "I didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded!", a recording she made
> circa 194849 with the Godfrey Vocal Group called "The Mariners."
> 
>