[Dixielandjazz] Dukes' personnel

[James Butler]

HENRY COOPER

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Don Ingle <dingle at nomadinter.net> wrote:

> Funny how one subject leads to another. we start with the Dukes.
> When I joined the Ted Weems band in the '50's, there was a fine trombone
> player on the band at the time. He was one of a pair of identical twins. The
> brother played clarinet and was for a time with the Dukes. The last name was
> Cooper -- but cannot recall the first name. I think it must be on some bio
> for the past Duke sidemen.
> At the time I joined Weems, the drummer was Jake Hanna. He left the band
> shortly after, but was a wonderful player -- and still is.  Ah, those days
> of one nighters. Paying your dues came with mileage totals to be
> disbelieved. A small point of trivia - I had grown up from '31 to '41 as a
> band brat with the Weems band, which my dad was with in that span. So I
> became a second generation to make a tour of duty with Ted.  It was long
> jumps and doing you own laundry in a motel bathroom sink, but I would say in
> retrospect that I wouldn't have missed it.
> When Jean and I got married it was when the band had a month long stay at
> the old Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. She came down from Michigan, we got
> married in the Episcopal Church on Canal Street across from the Vieux Carre,
> and ...are you ready...Ted Weems gave the bride away as a proxy for her dad.
> The 21st. of this month we celebrate our 54th. anniversary. A true "roadie",
> she has kept my life on a stable course. We are linked by music, cemented by
> a little N.O. gumbo, and were toasted with a few Ramos gin fizzes at the
> time.
> It just never ends. these links in OKOM!
> By the way, a new hotel group has begun to rennovate and re-open the old
> Roosevelt Hotel - as the Roosevelt, even to  the Blue Room. A lot of big
> band history was made on that stand. Let's hope we see some of it again.
> Don Ingle
> -- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> To: <dingle at nomadinter.net>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 4:45 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Dukes' personnel
>
>
>  Jtnt at aol.com provided an interesting insight into the last days of the
>> original Dukes.
>> As did macjazz at comcast.net
>>
>> Thank you Jack and Martin.
>> So did, over the years, ex-DJMLer (or lurker) and Assunto family  member
>> Mike Marios.
>> Those who were following this long saga on the DJML may be interested  in
>> the following update at:
>>
>>
>> http://www.thedukesofdixieland.com/cgi-bin/teemz/teemz.cgi?board=_master&action
>> Kind regards,
>> Bill.
>>
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