[Dixielandjazz] Chicken dance

[Bill Allen]

I know people have begged for this thread to end - - -sorry!!!

Here in the South, we hardly ever have to play it, only rarely, usually from
someone who just moved down here from elsewhere.

However, there was a time years ago where bands around here ALWAYS had to
play "Cotton-Eyed Joe" - you know, the fiddle tune where a caller cries
"What you say?" and the crowd answers "Bull$#1t"

The first time i ever heard it, i was in a pick-up reading band with a bunch
of guys i didn't know. i was playing bari-sax, the tune was in D, so i was
sight-reading in B, and when thee crowd started yelling "Bull$#1t!" i
thought they were complaining about the band.

Frankly, i enjoy the "Chicken Dance" more.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDut953944 at aol.com>
To: "Mr. Bill" <ballen at deltapathology.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 4:18 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Chicken dance


> I was once in a band that played the Chicken Dance every single gig.
What I
> actually liked about it was sitting up on a stage and watching the
people's
> antics.  Actually quite amazing acrobatics, some of them.  In  fact, I
think
> that is my favorite thing about playing any gig, is just watching  the
people.
>
> Carol, Clarinet
>
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