[Dixielandjazz] Castrati

[David Richoux]

Leon Redbone has one of those very subtle types of humor...

(BTW, there was a lot of talk about a "counter-tenor" or "male  
soprano" in opera/vocal music circles a few years ago - even a story  
on 60 Minutes!)

Dave Richoux

On Jul 13, 2006, at 10:08 AM, tcashwigg at aol.com wrote:

>
> Hi Martin:
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> Sounds like some clever Hype to me :))  How can he be a direct  
> descendant or a guy that was castrated as a boy ?  :))
>
> A distant relative perhaps but a descendent would be highly  
> unlikely since I don't believe they had Sperm banks yet. :))
>
> humm,   inquiring minds need answers to these scientific wonders :))
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macjazz at se.rr.com
> To: BudTuba at aol.com
> Cc: Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 6:37 AM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Castrati
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>    Leon Redbone (real close to OKOM) talks about being "the direct  
> descendant
> of one of the world's most famous castrati."
>
> I just wondered if we had any more of those around here.
>
> Mart
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> Martin D. McKay, Designated Listener
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