[Dixielandjazz] Arthur Godfrey

[David Richoux]

Usually it means that the writer is guessing at the spelling -  
sometimes <sp?> is used.

Dave Richoux

On Aug 23, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Marek Boym wrote:

> Pardon a foreigner - but what does SP stand for?
> Lou McGarity and Cutty Cutshall were great trombone players; in
> addition to countless Condon Mob records, they were with the original
> World's Greatest Jazz Band.
> I have never heard Remo Palmieri play Dixieland; swing - yes!
> Whatever happened to Pee Wee Spitelera?
> Cheers
>
> On 23/08/2008, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> Note new e-mail address rsr at ringwald.com
>> 530/642-9551
>> 916/806-9551 Cell
>> www.ringwald.com
>> Fulton Street Jazz Band
>>
>> Hear our new CD at:
>> www.fultonstreetjazz.com/music.htm
>>
>> "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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