[Dixielandjazz] Skokiaan

[David Richoux]

One of my favorite groups is Brave Combo, from Denton, Texas - they  
usually do a medley of "Skokiaan/Happy Africa/The Lion Sleeps Tonight"  
that works very well. They sometimes change the order of the songs,  
but they all fit together somehow...

(more about this multi-Grammy winning group at: http://brave.com/bo -  
one of the most interesting jazzy polka bands in the world, IMHO.   
many sound clips at http://www.brave.com/bo/multimedia.html )

Dave RIchoux

On Dec 5, 2008, at 12:52 AM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Ron Wheeler quoted (in part] from good old Wikipedia...
> (Despite authoritative claims that Armstrong recorded a version  
> entitled "Happy Africa", this could not so far be substantiated from  
> his discography.
>
> Dear Ron,
> Perhaps this came about from the fact the the words "Happy happy  
> Africa" are contained in the lyrics sung by Louis and others on  
> vocal versions of "Skokiaan".
> You know what musicians are like when it comes to recalling tune  
> tiles.
> "Let's play that song.....you know.....Happy Africa."
> Just kidding.
> Almost.
> 8>)
> Kind regards,
> Bill (currently humming that old Dixieland favourite "Harpers Date".
>