[Dixielandjazz] Fw: Bill Bardin et al.

[glen page]

> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Sorry that I cannot say much about al BUT the recent thread about
Bardin
> > > happens to coincide with me reading a great book that has many fine
> > accounts
> > > of that era in California and Bardin is prominently featured.
> > >
> > > The book, "Heaven On The Side", was very well written by somebody who
> > lived
> > > with Turk for a while and was an intimate of the Murphy band and many
> > > aspects of the interesting side of life in Southern California and San
> > > Francisco.
> > >
> > > No doubt many of you Californians have heard him play and have not
known
> > > about his interesting past. An interesting career in journalism
prepared
> > him
> > > to write a very readable book, even for me who is not particularly
> > > interested in much of the jazz world in California, excepting Bunk's
> brief
> > > stay  there and Ory in the days of Simeon and Carey, and of course
> George
> > at
> > > a somewhat later time.
> > >
> > > The man in question is James Leigh, tbn with Gremoli, I happen to
enjoy
> > > Gremoli but that has nothing to do with my enjoyment of this book, If
> you
> > > like Watters and Turk and frank accounts of life living close to them
> then
> > > this book is a must.It  has an ISBN number of 0-7388-5602-9 and is
> > published
> > > by Xlibris Corp.Possibly further details may be obtained at
> > www.Xlibris.com.
> > >
> > > There, I'm finished now, if I've helped to make one person happy I'm
> > > pleased. Somehow I know that if Father Mike has not read this book it
> will
> > > excite him.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Glen..
> > >
> >
>