Fwd: [Dixielandjazz] Re: "Benny's From Heaven"

[Russ Guarino]

Mark Allen Jones does a "Benny's From Heaven" vocal that tells the story of
a guy who comes home from the war to find a son named Benny, and asks
"Where did he come from"?  Great crowd pleaser, very funny.

Russ Guarino

tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TCASHWIGG
> To: bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
> Sent: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:20:41 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: "Benny's From Heaven"
>
>    OK guys,
>
>    I did not want anybody to know that I even Knew what the Hell Benny's
> were, but one of my groups used to do this song all the time. Just get
> the regular lyrics for Pennies from Heaven and substitute Bennys for
> penny's and you pretty much have the jest of the song.
>
>    Benny's was a stimulant pill,AKA known as Speed, used by many muso's
> in the 50s 60s to help us stay awake through four gigs in a row, also a
> favorite among long haul truck drivers. I can't really believe that
> most members of this list are not hip to that. But then again!!! A Lot
> of OKOM 'ers practicing today were never part of the HIP crowd of
> Jazzer anyway. Bet Guys like Mike Vax and Steve Barbone saw a few of
> these little white pills get swallowed back in the 60.s Not that any of
> us ever used any of them.
>
>    That was part of being Hip in them good Ole days that we current
> players survived. Most OKOMER's I gather are still into the Hard Booze
> generation. as in Scotch, Martinis, Gin, Rob Roys, and Old fashioned's,
> Stingers, Rock & Rye's, l which nobody under 50 or 60 ever heard of.
> Today's generation is into Wines, and Designer Vodka's and Gins. Gold
> Cadillac, Pink Lady's, etc.
>
>   Da times dey be a changing again. Ya gotta keep up to know what is
> Hip!
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Tom Wiggins
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
>    To: John <johnstephenson at verizon.net>; dixieland jazz mail list
> <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>  Sent: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:34:31 +1000
>  Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: "Benny's From Heaven"
>
>  Dear John,
>  I did a search, but drew a blank too.
>  However, we learn something every day.
>  I always thought the song was about Benny Goodman!
>  8>)
>  But I would, wouldn't I?
>  Kind regards,
>  Bill.
>
>
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