[Dixielandjazz] Back to basics, please!

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Mike C. wrote:

> I understand your frustration, but let's be realistic here. A list 
> such as this is like regular conversation. Sometimes people drift off 
> topic quite frequently to topics that may or may not have anything to 
> do with the original.
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> Mike
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> dingle at baldwin-net.com wrote:
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>> 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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True -- but for a week or more?
Don