[Dixielandjazz] Re: Are there lyrics for 'Algiers Strut'?

[Don]

Hi Guys,

The only lyrics I ever heard for Algiers Strut were written and sung by 
the late Joe Bithel, leader and washboard player with the Silicon Gulch 
Jazz Band, here in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Joe loved to sing, and 
if the tune didn't have words, he would write them.  Sadly, Joe died of 
a heart attack last winter, having just finished singing with a jam 
group at a house party.

I remember hearing him sing Algiers Strut at Sacramento a couple of 
years ago with Uptown Lowdown from Washington.  He asked leader Bert 
Barr if he could sit in and sing.  When It was over Bert said "I didn't 
know Algiers Strut had words".  Joe replied "it does 'cause I wrote 
'em".  Unfortunately, I don't remember what they were.

Don Robertson
Napa, CA

Bill Haesler wrote:

>Dear Aad,
>So far I know, there are no lyrics to the Kid Thomas Valentine tune "Algiers
>Strut".
>If there were, I am sure that he would have sung them on at least one of his
>recorded versions.
>However, what may have prompted your question is that a Dutch group recorded
>it with a vocal credit given in the listing!
>
>"Algiers Strut"
>Circus Square Jazz Band
>Jan van Hulten (cnt) Noel Poyck (tb,vcl) Jan van Gaalen (cl)
>Bert Janssen (p) Joop Dings (bj) Paul Zelders (tu) Paul Beljaars (d)
>Live "Hotel Florida", Boskoop, April 23, 1977
>    Algiers strut (np,ens vcl)              Cat (Du)LP-19
>    Chimes blues       -
>
>Perhaps it is a 'scat' vocal.
>Apart from this one example, none of the versions of the tune, listed in my
>discographies, contain a vocal.
>"Algiers Strut" is very popular with Australian New Orleans-style bands and
>several of the musicians from these groups will sing "at the drop of a hat".
>If there were lyrics to it one of these self-styled vocalists would have
>sung them in my presence, at some time, over the years.
>Kind regards,
>Bill. 
>
>
>
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