[Dixielandjazz] Uncle Yoke's Black Dog Jazz Band

[Jeanne Brei]

Hey Mike,
   If you're successful, I'd like a copy of that tape too -- it sounds like
a great lineup of musicians -- my first time in Sacramento was 1995, so it
must have been the year before or I'd have caught every set!
    And if it makes you feel better, Dave Gannett says he doesn't do the
pyrotechnics anymore either because the airport security guys go ballistic
if there's even powder residue let alone the makings of fireworks in his
luggage...
Jeanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Marois" <Mike.Marois at HireLIVEMusic.com>
To: <rahberry at comcast.net>; "'Bill Gunter'" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>;
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Uncle Yoke's Black Dog Jazz Band


> Hey All;
>
> I remember back in the mid 1990's, when I was living in Chicago, getting a
> call from Yocum the week before the Sacramento Jazz Fest asking to go out
> and "fill in" at the festival because the original band had busted up.  I
> didn't know what to expect, it was sort of like being a Dixieland
Mercenary.
> I'd have to say, Uncle Yoke pulled together a group of guys from around
the
> country who were familiar with the Black Dog style, sound, and
arrangements
> and I believe that we delivered.  The one thing missing was the
pyrotechnics
> from the tuba bell.
>
> For that weekend we referred to the group as Uncle Yokeless Blacklist Jazz
> Band.  If anyone on the list has any recordings of that group, not that I
> believe anyone would record a set at jazz festival, I'd like to get a copy
> of it.  The personnel on that iteration of the group (that I remember)was:
> Randy Morris on piano
> Duke Heitger on cornet
> Jeff Walker on clarinet
> Scotty Hamilton on trombone
> A young drummer from Southern Cal
> Myself on tuba
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of
> rahberry at comcast.net
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:49 PM
> To: Bill Gunter; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Uncle Yoke's Black Dog Jazz Band
>
> Listmates,
> Steve Yocum told me they broke up because they couldn't get along.  He
said
> "We self-destructed."
> Rae Ann
>
>
> > Listmates,
> >
> > Bob Ringwald wrote (regarding the sidemen in the Black Dog Jazz Band):
> >
> > >Tuba is probably Dave Gannett.  Drums, Eddie Mets Jr.  Piano Tom Hook,
> > >clarinet Bob Draga.
> >
> > Bob is correct with Gannett on tuba, Metz on drums and Hook on piano.
But
> > the original clarinet player was Jim Buchmann. Buchmann was the first to
> > leave the band pretty early in their existence as a group and was
replaced
>
> > by reedman David Poe.
> >
> > Does anyone know why this wildly successful band broke up when they were
> > still arguably the most popular band on the jazz circuit?
> >
> > Also, Dave Gannett (I believe) published some Black Dawg Jazz Band
> > newsletters which were witty and informative. There may have been as
many
> as
> > five or six of these which the band sent out to fans. Does anyone happen
> to
> > have copies of them lying around anywhere? I'd be interested in looking
at
>
> > them again.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bill "loved them dawgs!" Gunter
> > jazzboard at hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
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