[Dixielandjazz] Wild Bill With Strings

[Stan Brager]

Do you think that the reason that Wild Bill with strings didn't catch on was
because there was too much jazz for the average-popular-music bear, rock and
roll was coming on the scene in a big way, and those who liked the Wild one
were expecting something much more exciting along the lines of the Condon
bunch?

Those who had been listening to early Davison, especially to his Commodore
label work, knew that there were few who could match his heartfelt lyricism.
For me, part of his charm is the rough edge to his tone.

As I write I'm listening to "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams", "I'm
Confessin'", and "Ghost of a Chance". "Ghost of a Chance" also gave solo
space to Pee Wee Russell's clarinet and Lou McGarity's trombone.  I like
pianist Dick Cary's whole tones during Bill's solo towards the end of the
tune.

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Holzer" <slholzer at iquest.net>
To: "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
Cc: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Wild Bill With Strings


> I have the original LP. It features a model in a 1950's sheer outfit
> that shows lots of skin but none of the naughty bits. Somebody once told
> me that Bill was so taken with the model on the cover that he couldn't
> rest until he tracked her down and seduced her.  I don't recall which of
> my associates here told me that, but it was somebody who reliably
> reported it as told to him by WBD himself. Doesn't mean it's true , of
> course ... just that at one moment in time, Bill would have liked to
> believe, ... or liked us to believe, that it was. They didn't call him
> Wild Bill for nothing.
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> Bill's pretty work didn't catch on the way, for instance, Hackett's did
> with Gleason or Jonah Jones' with his quartet. Perhaps the disparity
> between the recordings and Bill's image was just too much to overcome.
>
> Steve Holzer
>
> Robert S. Ringwald wrote:
>
> > Listmates, Anne Davidson, Wild Bill's wife, sent me his "Wild Bill
> > With Strings" CD shortly before she pass on.  Bill was very proud of
> > that recording.  He does some very nice stuff on the CD.  I wonder if
> > some of you have heard it.  I must dig it out & give it another listen.
> >
> >
> > --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
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