[Dixielandjazz] Back to basics, please!

[Charles Suhor]

I'm often impatient with non-music strands but confess to my part in 
the Pepsi thing. Interesting, though, that listfolks found ways to turn 
it into jazz with entries about the Berrigan and other recorded 
versions of the Pepsi jingle!--Charlie Suhor


On Apr 15, 2005, at 10:50 AM, dingle at baldwin-net.com wrote:

> Enough, already!!
> This morning I had 31  posts in my mail from the list. 22 were 
> rehashes of the bad pun-turned-jingle-turned-nostaliga subjects -- 
> which has taken up the majority of space in this JAZZ list for too 
> many days. My delete button has begun to look shabby from overuse. So 
> if I may voice my curmudgeon viewpoint at this time, may I suggest 
> that enough is enough, folks, and it's time to return to the purpose 
> of this list -- jazz.
>
> To break the string, I will  ask this: Whatever happened to Chuck 
> Mackay. Wonderful trumpeter in the Charlie Teagarden style that worked 
> with some west coast bands and made a few recordings on Jump Label. He 
> worked for several years with my father, Red Ingle, but sort of 
> dropped off the radar in the years since. He had a wonderful lyrical 
> style refelcting his affection for Charlie T,  with whose family Chuck 
> was partly raised in Texas. Last I heard he had been selling insurance 
> in New York State somewhere, but that was hearsay. Anyone have 
> anything about this unsung but very tasty player?
> Don (c'mon gang, let's get back to basics) Ingle
>
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