[Dixielandjazz] Arthur Godfrey

[knittelsportland at juno.com]

Hello Marek;

It is usually written "(sp?)" and stands for [I'm not sure of the
spelling].

Rick Knittel - JAZZBONE
Maine Street Paraders 

 
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:59:50 +0300 "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
writes:
> 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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