[Dixielandjazz] Chord Changes to Blue Bells Goodbye

[john p birchall]

yep ... Bill Haesler has already done his stuff on this one ...
12 months ago !!

>From the Haesler archive -
"It looks like Bunk Johnson has done it again!
Trotted out an old tune(s) and 'remembered' the title.
It seems that Bunk was the first to record "Blue Bells Goodbye" (2 Oct 1942)
as such. Others, including Sidney Bechet, Conrad Janis, Ken Colyer, Papa Bue
and numerous New Orleans revivalists, followed.
"Blue Bell" was (as you say) composed in 1904 by Theodore F Morse,
music-Edward Madden, lyrics.
That great song composer authority, Dick Baker, appears to have already
solved part of your question.
In his fine Stomp Off Record Tune Title index he gives the following credit
for "Blue Bells Goodbye": (Bunk Johnson, based largely on "Bright Eyes (Good
Bye)" by Egbert Van Alstyne-Harry H Williams).
The notes by Bill Knowles to a Grand Dominion Jazz Band rendition of the
Bunk version (on Stomp Off) confirms this but says that Bunk also borrowed
from the above "Blue Bell", the 1904  Morse-Madden march/song.
Further research (and listening) shows that the Alstyne-Williams composition
"Bright Eyes (Good Bye)" was composed in 1905 and is not the "Bright Eyes"
from 1920 by Motzan-Jerome-Smith and recorded by Louis Prima in Dec 1934 .
Clear as mud?
8>)
Very kind regards,
Bill"

cheers and beers
john p birchall
Bush sax player from Chester
http://www.meister.u-net.com/dixie/dixieland_jazz.htm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:09 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Chord Changes to Blue Bells Goodbye


> Someone asked for chords to Blue Bells Goodbye.
>
> Here are the chord changes. Seems to me this is a combination of two tunes
> that Bunk Johnson mixed together. But for the life of me, I can't remember
> which tunes at the moment. Maybe Bill Haesler will know and jog my memory
> before I think of it. (Not Bill, Bailey :-) VBG.) American Soldier?
>
> In F, 8 bars on a line. Part A & Part B, each part 32 Bars.
>
> /// 3F / F7 / Bb / Bbm // 2F/
>
> // 2A7 // 2Dm // 2G7 // 2 C7 /
>
> /// 3F / F7 // 2Bb // 2A7 /
>
> / Bb /Bbm / F / D7 / G7 / C7 // 2F /
>
>
>
> / F // 2C7 / F / Bb / Bbm // 2F /
>
> // 2A7 // 2Dm // 2G7 // 2C7 /
>
> / F // 2C7 / F // 2Bb // 2A7
>
> / Bb / Bbm / F / D7 / G7 / C7 // 2F /
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
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