[Dixielandjazz] $250,000 trombone

[Don Ingle]

billsharp wrote:
> I followed the quarter-million dollar trombone link to read about it's 
> owner Arthur Pryor, and read the following:
>
>  "'In 1905, Mr. Pryor wrote his most famous song “The Whistler and his 
> Dog.” Mr. Pryor is known to have written about 300 musical numbers and 
> to have arranged hundreds of musical compositions. In 1909, Mr. Pryor 
> quit touring. About the same time, Mr. Pryor became conductor and 
> arranger for the Victor Talking Machine Co., which would become a part 
> of RCA in 1929."
>
> I immediately wondered if it's a tale of a dog who runs away from home 
> because his master wouldn't quit that insane whistling.  The poor dog 
> kept thinking he was being called, every time his master whistled.  .  
> . finally just couldn't take it and ran off with another family whose 
> only vice was yodeling.  (There actually is a worse case scenario:   
> that would be yodeling accompanied by washboard playing.  Oh my god, I 
> probably just planted a seed . . . . .)
>
> Actually, it reminded me of the fact that I had an uncle who was an 
> incredible whistler who would often whistle a solo onstage, in the 
> same fashion that any other instrumentalist would take a solo.  Are 
> there any of you jazzers out there today that are doing this, as a 
> regular part of your performance?  Like anything, if done well, it's 
> very effective.
>
> Itzall BS (aka Bill Sharp)
>
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Don Ingle responded:

"ELMO LIVES!"

(Elmo Tanner of the Ted Weems band could whistle the piccalo parts from 
Star and Stripes and never miss a semi-quaver!)