[Dixielandjazz] Re: Bud Freeman 100 years anniversary.

[GORDON FANCY]

	I got to know Bud Freeman quite well as he came to Toronto to play  
at the Chicken Deli among other venues. He also played at the Chateau  
Laurier in Ottawa. On one occasion he was playing in Toronto and  
after the session my 12 year old daughter and I took him out for  
supper on a Sunday. He said he wanted a Schmirnoff and after drinking  
it we escorted him back to his hotel. He was playing at the Chateau  
Laurier in Ottawa the next week and I arranged a business trip there  
to hear him play. I was sitting at the bar when he was talking to the  
audience and said he hadn't had a drink in years. I blurted out " You  
had one sunday night ". He looked over at me and said " And the damn  
thing gave me a hangover". When I used to drive him around Ottawa he  
woulsd cradle his saxaphone in his lap lovingly. I understand that  
the saxaphone he was using at the time was given to him by Eddie  
Miller.  In his last years in a Chicago hospital he was looked after  
by Lee Gibbs the daughter of Dick McPartland who was also a member of  
the Windt City gang. Bud was a kind and generous individual and when  
we would go out for a walk he would hand out money to beggars on the  
street.