[Dixielandjazz] Shaking hands with Eubie

[Don Ingle]

Butch Thompson wrote:
> Remembering Eubie on his birthday, Ron L'Herault wrote:
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>> I recall shaking his hand.  His fingers seemed to go on forever.
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> Wasn't it George Shearing who said shaking hands with Fats Waller was like
> grabbing a handful of bananas?
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> Butch Thompson 
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> I wonder about thaShere . Since Fats died in '43 and Chearing didn't get over untiul after the war, how was that hoandshake made? The whole world wants to know -- well maybe just me, ever the skeptic.
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On second thought, a look at some Fats film clips makes me wonder if the 
remark was right after all.


Don Ingle -- in northern MI  chipping ice off the eaves -- free 
icecicle, anyone?