[Dixielandjazz] Elliot Kenin was everywhere! (was Spirit of 29 Dixieland Band )

[David Richoux]

I was pulling records for my show and found ANOTHER early recording  
featuring Elliott Kenin - "The Great Metropolitan Steam Band" Decca  
DL 75143, recorded in 1969. Looks like a quartet but there was very  
little info on the record. I did a web search and found this: Mark  
"Rocky" Rockwood on mandolin & other strings was also part of the  
group at some point.   Interesting string band/jug band sound with 2  
banjo/guitars, female vocalist and small helicon - OKOM with blues  
and jazz...

Anybody have more info?

Dave Richoux
On Jan 6, 2006, at 11:23 PM, David Richoux wrote:

> I have a 1976 recording of the "San Francisco Medicine Ball" band  
> (Slow Boat to China) that Elliot was in  and it is pretty good OKOM  
> (just a bit "hippie" ;-)
>
> I just did a web search and it seems like they are still in the  
> game!  http://medicineballband.com/  and some of them went on to  
> become the "John Hunt Jazz Band" http://www.afm6.org/JohnHunt.htm
>
> By the way - there are probably more than a dozen  "East Bay" OKOM  
> bands working on a somewhat regular basis...
>
> Dave Richoux
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:42 PM, Steve barbone wrote:
>
>> "Spirit of 29" . . . Elliott Kenin. Forgot about him. Banjo  
>> player, 4, 5 and
>> 6 string. He lived here for a couple of years in the mid 1990s  
>> before he
>> went back to the Bay area. I gigged with him frequently, along  
>> with Pete
>> Pepke (TB) and Jim Parker (TU). Great entertainer and a "working"  
>> musician.