[Dixielandjazz] Turk wannabe's

[eupher dude]

Well, Bob Schulz has a good sound happening with the Frisco JB.  Of course, 
a couple of key players with that bunch are pretty much Dog-gin' it too.

But, true, the Original Salty Dogs don't really come all that close to 
Turk's style.  But, my opinion only, Turk's last few recordings (say, from 
about 1983 on) really were lacking spirit.  The playing was tight, but the 
pizazz just didn't come out.  The last time I saw Turk (OK, the ONLY time, 
sadly) in SF was in '86, after it was known that he was sick, and not long 
before the band personnel turned over big time.  It was great to see and 
hear the band in its home environment at the Fairmont, but musically it was 
only OK.  The Dogs, OTOH, have kept that spark going.  Maybe it's because 
they don't have the tight arrangements, although it's often hard to tell 
that.  Tom's playing might sound more like Turk than Turk did the last 10 
years of his life.  Mike actually bought Bill Carrol's tuba.  The general 
sound of the Dogs is about as close as anyone comes to a Murphy sound, 
although the solo features are more prominent.  The ensembles are certainly 
there though, and since they've been together for so long now they can 
pretty much tell each other's thoughts, musically at least.

If you can't tell, I'm an OSDJB fan.

steve "GHB recently bought the rights to their recordings" hoog

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