[Dixielandjazz] RE: Help ID Crosby band personnel

Charles Suhor csuhor at zebra.net
Sat May 21 09:29:58 PDT 2005


I don't know the missing names, but it's great to see a picture of 
these guys in their prime. Thanks for posting it. Will you also post 
the article?--Charlie Suhor


On May 21, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Don Mopsick wrote:

> I should have posted the link to the large photo. Here it is:
>
> http://www.riverwalk.org/images/bob_crosby_band.jpg
>
> Thanks for volunteering to ID the rest of these guys.
>
> By the way, the photo is for an article on the 100th birthday of Nappy
> Lamare. I had been in touch with the family and the information one
> finds in books is incorrect because Lamare often lied about his age.
>
> mopo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dingle at baldwin-net.com [mailto:dingle at baldwin-net.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 9:16 AM
> To: Don Mopsick
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Help ID Crosby band personnel
>
> Don Mopsick wrote:
>
>> I need your help.
>>
>> Click on this link:
>>
>> http://www.riverwalk.org/JMN/Archive/html/JMN6_04.jpg
>>
>> Could you ID the unknown band members for me? Here is what I have so
>> far:
>>
>> Bob Crosby Orchestra in the mid-1930s. Click on image for large
> version.
>> Front row: Nappy Lamare, X, Matty Matlock, Bob Crosby, Gil Rodin, 
>> Eddie
>> Miller, Andy Feretti. Back row: Ward Silloway, Gil Bowers, Bob 
>> Haggart,
>> Yank Lawson, X, Ray Bauduc, Charlie Spivak.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Don Mopsick
>> Webmaster and Bass Driver
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> It would seem hard to try to mID in so small a picture, but the back 
> row
>
> X looks a lot like a young Maxie Herman who worked a short while with
> the band. He wasa later the President of  Local 47 in L.A. Twake o 
> other
>
> possibles to consider as guesses would be Doc Rando or Noni Bernardi if
> the pic was from the laterhalf of the 1930's but it is just too small 
> an
>
> image to get any good look .
> My best guess,
> Don Ingle
>
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