[Dixielandjazz] Re: Composer of "Black Cat On The Fence"?

[Bill Haesler]

Dear Louis,
Thank you for your confidence!
My sources say tpt player Charlie Love composed "Black Cat On The Fence".
He recorded it with Louis Delisle's Band (Love; cltist Big Eye Louis Nelson
Deslisle; tbnist Louis Nelson; Johnny St Cyr, g & Austin Young, d.) for Bill
Russell's American Music label in NO on 19 July 1949.
According to Bill Russell, Charlie Love (at the session) "laughed and
explained that 'Black Cat on the Fence' was the only polite title they told
the girls when they asked the name of the piece".
Ken Colyer's first version was made in New Orleans on 23 Feb 1953 (I have it
on a Dawn Club 12025 LP).
He also recorded it in London for English Decca (I have the Lake 5006 LP
reissue) in Oct/Nov 1956.
>From then on it became a favourite with the New Orleans 'revivalists'.
Sorry Bruce, no date, but assume that it is from the 1940s.
However, Charlie Love was around for a long time (1885-1963) and had been
playing since 1925.
Kind regards,
Bill.