[Dixielandjazz] Left Bank Bearcats (Paris)

[Edmetzsr at aol.com]

Dear folks, the Left Bank Bearcats was really a pick up group from  
Philadelphia and probably never set foot in France. A local society leader was  their 
leader and the drummer was named Jack Cassidy (not Jacques Cas) who I  worked 
with regularly. Jack was then (and still may be) a good friend of Joe  Hanlon 
(currently leader of the Connecticut based Bearcats - Hmmmmmm!). Both  hailed 
from Chester, PA at the time (late 50s).
 
Joe Hanlon probably has dozens of stories about Jack, as he was somewhat of  
a character. Ask Joe about the time that Cassidy upset a trailer load of 
records  on the NJ turnpike on the way from Philadelphia to NYC ( he drove truck 
for the  record company that produced the recordings). 
 
Sorry to break all the bad news about this "international" jazz  band!!  Ed 
Metz