[Dixielandjazz] Arthur Godfrey

[macjazz]

I believe Godfrey's instrument was called a "Tendor." I played a little at 
the time and always wanted one, but as a kid, I didn't really know what it 
was.

Mart

Martin D. McKay, (Designated Listener)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
To: "Martin D. McKay" <macjazz at comcast.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:07 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Arthur Godfrey


>I used to listen to his radio show when I was a kid and early teenager, 
>only to hear the Dixieland band.
>
> For a lot of the time, a young Dick Hyman was on piano.  Lu Magarity (SP) 
> or Cutty Cutshaw (SP) was on trombone.  A clarinet player named Pee Wee 
> Spitalero SP) and a guitar player named Remo Palmary.
>
> Pete Fountain appeared on the show quite frequently also.
>
> There was a bass player and I think his son played drums but not sure. 
> Geeze, this was some 50 years ago.
>
> Godfrey played terrible banjo and a cross between a ukulele and a guitar 
> instrument that someone designed for him.  I think it was more like a 
> 4-string guitar.
>
> During the solos on a song, Remo on guitar and Godfrey on banjo would 
> trade off backing the soloists.  Even at a very young age, I felt sorry 
> for the soloist that had to have Godfrey backing him up.  Not only did he 
> play badly, he spent the whole song laughing.
>
> That band though was one of my early influences for Jazz, along with a 
> record of Lu Watters and the YBJB, the Firehouse 5+2 and Bob Scobey's 
> Frisco JB.
>
> In fact, when I was about 9, I used to watch the Scobey band with Clancy 
> Hayes on KPIX Channel 5 in SF.  They did a 15 minute show, which was 
> expanded to 30 minutes on Tuesday nights.  It was called "Clancy's 
> Corner."
>
> How come I can remember all of this but can't remember what I had for 
> dinner last night?
>
> --Bob Ringwald K6YBV
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> "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse 
> or a politician. And to
> tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for one, believe the 
> piano
> player job to be much more honorable than current politicians."  --Harry 
> Truman
>
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