[Dixielandjazz] California in 1941>> Non Jazz Message

[BudTuba at aol.com]

To our many contributors from the Golden State, a recently discovered  
manuscript by Alistair Cooke, The American Home Front 1941-1942 is well  worth the 
reading.  It is a narrative of his journeys through the United  States by 
automobile, train, and airplane.  The descriptions of the West  Coast environs (esp 
Los Angeles and San Francisco) are particularly  interesting for people who 
like to compare today with yesterday.  The  description of Florida is also 
interesting...the only scene at the time was  Miami on the Atlantic side and 
Tampa>north on Gulf side.  The USDA had  just set up an experimental factory to 
concentrate orange juice mainly for  distribution in Britain.  I have not seen 
any discussion of the music  scene, but life in America as we actively entered 
the WWII effort is quite  fascinating.  

 
Roy (Bud) Taylor
Smugtown Stompers Jazz Band
'we ain't just  whistlin' dixie!"
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