[Dixielandjazz] Here Comes Your Pappy

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Charles Suhor wrote:

> If memory serves me, there was a later recording, maybe on Capitol, 
> around 1950 by a recording band labeled the Bobcats, probably with 
> Nappy singing and maybe John Best on trumpet and some B'cat alumni in 
> the lineup. It was on the flip side of "Come Back, Sweet Papa." This 
> doesn't answer your question about its origin, but it is another 
> performance and likely a different arrangement or head arrangement. A 
> couple of other, old Bobcat pieces that might be Nappy's that my 
> brother's teenage band used to play in N.O.--"Don't Call Me Boy" and 
> the hilarious and oh so true "You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey When 
> You Grow Old."
>
> Hittin' on 70,
>
> Charlie Suhor
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Edmetzsr at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Listmates, I'm working on an arrangement of "Here Comes Your Pappy 
>> With The
>> Wrong Kind Of Load" for the Bob Cats. The tune was sung by Nappy 
>> Lamare and
>> was  recorded in 1935 when the Crosby band was being formed and 
>> working under
>> the  name "Clark Randall and his Orchestra" (AKA the Gil Rodin 
>> Orchestra). Nappy
>>  later performed the number at the occasion of the Joe Sullivan Benefit
>> Concert  in Chicago, and probably a lot more in the early days of the 
>> band. I know
>> of no  other performances.
>>
>> Our reason for reviving the tune, which I'm hoping I can convince Bob 
>> Leary
>> to learn (he does several other Nappy tunes with us), is that 2005 
>> is  Nappy's
>> Centennial year. We'll be paying tribute at our appearances 
>> throughout  the
>> country for the next 11 months.
>>
>> My question to you students of repertoire: What is the origin of the 
>> tune?
>> With a gospel choir-like refrain at the end of each stanza, it sounds 
>> like it
>> may have been adapted from Minstrel show material. The composer credits
>> provided  by Halcyon indicate that the tune was written by Hamilton, 
>> Tobias &
>> Lamare.
>>
>> Anyway, the chart will be ready in a week. Any insight as to the tune's
>> background will be much appreciated with proper citation given at live
>> performances.
>>
>> Thanks, Ed Metz for the Bob Cats
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 >Hitting on 70.<
Heck, I hit on it and bounced on for fourmore years as of last Thursday!