[Dixielandjazz] Turk

[Rick]

Interesting coincidence!   I have been talking to friends a lot about 
Turk lately.  As most of you know, Turk played with Lu Waters, and 
formed a revival band. looked for a place to play in SFO, and fixed up 
Earthquake McGoons!   By the time I started visiting SFO in the 60's (I 
used to teach 4-day Software Engineering seminars all over) everyone 
told me:
"Oh my gosh.  If you're in SFO, you have to go to Earthquake McGoon's.   
Of course, it became a regular stop.   Ralph Sutton (from Pine, 
Colorado) played intermission piano.  It was wonderful!!!. 

So, I've been contemplating what do do here (or someplace else.)  I 
could rent a place and put in music about 6 hours a day (we have 850,000 
tourists coming here to Tombstone every year)    But trying to put 
together a trad jazz band here in Cochise County is impossible.  Sierra 
Vista has a pretty good swing band (Desert Swing) none of the Trumpet 
players sound good enuf to play Dixie/Trad.

I had a wonderful band in Colorado Springs -- The Colorado Nighthawks -- 
but couldn't afford to pay them to get the thing off the ground.   When 
I sell my book, I will be a "rich Gringo" and I can open my own bar and 
fill it with trad jazz!!    Any suggestions for a name?

Rick