[Dixielandjazz] Joe Avery's Tune

David Richoux tubaman at tubatoast.com
Sun Jan 29 11:33:02 PST 2006


AFAIK there are at least  two different New Orleans traditional songs  
commonly called "Second Line" - Paul Barbarin's "Second Line"  and  
"Joe Avery's Piece" AKA "Victory Walk" AKA "The Second Line" AKA  
"Tear the Roof Off the Sucker" ;-)   (the one with the rockin'  tuba  
intro.)

Dave Richoux

On Jan 29, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Jara Queeto wrote:

> I saw that movie for the first time recently -- Live and Let Die.
>
> I'm pretty certain that that was the Great Olympia Brass Band doing  
> that funeral/murder. Didn't they start out with Just a Closer Walk  
> With Thee, and after they put the body in the coffin, they break  
> into The Second Line and everyone starts dancing.
>
> That song is simply called the Second Line, one of the oldest and  
> most common parade songs. A friend of mine from New Orleans told me  
> that it is learned by Middle School.
>
> And Bill Haley pretty much lifted it when he came out with Rock  
> Around the Clock.
>
>
> Jara



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