[Dixielandjazz] FH5, More on Disney

[Don Ingle]

There was another "Candy" who played bass and there was some confusion about
it at the time. Russell "Candy" Hall" played with Spike Jones for a time
when my dad was with Spike. A tall, very nice man who played exceptional
string and blow bass. But he was forever being asked to do that  "low bass
voice thing," which of course he didn't. But it got to be a joke after
awhile among the band guys who used to tell people that he couldn't do that
any more because spike insisted he wear this certain band uniform that was
too tight and as a result his voice went up two octaves.
He later worked a bit with my dad's Natural Seven and in fact was the bass
player on Tim-tay-shun which also had Jo Stafford on it.
Just adding a bit to the topic for the sheer hell of it.
Let's not forget another  great team -- Slim and Slam. Slam (Stewart) was a
superb bassist and of course Slim (Gaillard) was the clown prince of early
pre-bop-gibberish...voot-a-rooney!! (Clark Terry was the inheritor of his
vocalizing  fun ala "mumbles.")
Don Ingle


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 2:20 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FH5, More on Disney


> Listmates,
>
> In a previous post, I mentioned how I first met FH5P2 pianist Frank
Thomas.
> I mentioned that there was another character who hung around the noontime
> jam sessions at Disney Studios.  I couldn't remember his name.  I wrote to
> Roy Brewer who
> refreshed my memory.
>
> His name was Candy Candido.  He was with Jimmy Durante on his TV or radio
> shows for
> seven
> or eight years.  He was so comedic, they moved him up from the back to the
> front line as a regular feature.  He was the one who made famous the
> expression:
> "I'm feelin' mighty low" and his voice would drop down an octave or so
when
> he said "mighty low."
>
> He actually started out as a trombone player and always got a kick out of
> listening  to us play.
>
> We played his 50th wedding anniversary.
>
> He was with another popular orchestra, Ted Fiorito (or however you spell
it)
> in the 30's.   He also did a parody
> on "As Time Goes By"
> During the bridge he indicated he came home and his wife  took off her
hair
> and put
> it in a drawer.  Took off her eyelashes and put them in a drawer.  She
took
> off some
> falsies and put them in the drawer.  After mentioning a few more things he
> said:
> I didn't know whether I should get into bed - or get in the drawer!!   I
> think he
> got that from Durante.
>
> Candy was used for that low deep voice, which he was able to articulate
with
> good clarity, on quite a few Disney animated characters.  Usually the
> villain type.
>
> --Bob
> robert at ringwald.com
> Fulton Street Jazz Band
> The Boondockers (Jazz and Comedy)
>
>
>
>
>
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