[Dixielandjazz] Composer of "Roll The Patrol"

[rahberry at comcast.net]

Hi Bill and All,
The Black Dogs attributed "Roll the Patrol" to Traditional on their tapes.
~Rae Ann


> Hi to those interested in the origin of "Roll the Patrol,"
> 
> Bruce Strangeland asked:
> 
> >Does anyone know who wrote "Roll The Patrol" and when it was written?
> 
> And Don Ingle responded:
> 
> >Ask Bill Gunter - he sang it on a Cell Block 7 CD.
> 
> I Respond:
> 
> I don't know who actually wrote it. It's in the Firehouse Jazz Band Fake 
> Book and the only credits listed in the book are "The Black Dawg Jazz Band" 
> which recorded the song in 1989 with the vocal sung by Bob Leary.
> 
> I first heard the song myself before I ever heard of the Black Dawg Jazz 
> Band. The year was 1988 (I think that's the year the Black Dogs were first 
> organized by Steve Yocum) and I was visiting a friend of mine (trombonist 
> Jim Maihack) who was living in Orlando, Florida at the time. While there, 
> Jim played a casual gig at a mobile home park grand opening over near Tampa 
> somewhere. There were three musicians on the gig (Maihack, Bob Leary and a 
> lady who played banjo and whose name I forget).  I went with Jim to the gig 
> and while there Jim introduced me to Leary.
> 
> Jim said to Bob, "Play that new song you got for Bill . . ." Leary said "ok" 
> and proceded to play and sing "Roll the Patrol."  I, like everyone who hears 
> the song, was captivated by the funny lyrics and very playable melody and I 
> made a point to remember it myself (this was long before I joined the Cell 
> Block 7 Jazz Band).
> 
> Unfortunately I didn't get around to asking Bob Leary where he got the song 
> so I can't help you there.  I wouldn't be surprised to find that the song 
> surfaced during the formation and early practice sessions of the Black Dawg 
> Jazz Band.
> 
> If any of you know Leary you might ask him about it and post your findings 
> here. It's a popular song on the jazz circuit. Louis Brown used to sing it 
> with the Titan Hot Jazz Band and I've heard four or five other bands who 
> regularly perform the tune.
> 
> Anyway, the earliest I can trace the song is Bob Leary in 1988.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
> 
> 
> 
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