[Dixielandjazz] RIP Al Viiola

[Kaye Wade]

In '54, Page was playing in Hollywood & I went to see him - when I  
left Al came running after me to see if I would go on a date with  
Elvis Pressly, but I really didn't, personally, care for Elvis so I  
turned him down.

(He also went back to work with Page Cavanaugh for many years between  
1975 & 2000.)
We used to meet almost every week getting gas , unintentionally, & we  
always laughed about how "we had to stop meeting like this".  I last  
talked to him at Barones about a month ago. We talked about Page, &  
how he played for me a few times & etc.and of course the time Elvis  
wanted me to go out with him. Al was a wonderful player and friend,  
and always a sweetheart.
k
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Kaye Wade
Stuntwoman-Actress, Vocalist & Bandleader
( also  *Kaye Wade's Riverboat Ramblers, *The Tinsel Town Ten Minus - 3,
*Jazz Holiday Band @ Sardo's, Burbank, Ca.
Former San Fernando Valley Banjo Bnd Now-*Jazz'n Banjos,
and  a *Reflexologist)
PO Box 1068 Studio City  CA. 91614-1068
http://www.KayeWade.com