[Dixielandjazz] Duff Campbell's Revenge - who wrote it?
Ric Giorgi
ricgiorgi at sympatico.ca
Sat Feb 28 20:03:13 PST 2009
Many thanks to Daniel Augustine, Rae Ann and Don Robertson,
Fascinating information about Duff Campbell's Revenge. If you see
Charlie Campbell, would you tell him my bands are playing it in
Toronto please?
Cheers,
Ric Giorgi
Toronto
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Charlie Campbell is still around, shows up occasionally at Pier 23
and always dances while there.
I think he recently had a birthday party.
-- Rae Ann
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Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Duff Campbell's Revenge - who wrote it?
Duff Campbell's real name was Charles Campbell. A couple of years
ago he was still with us at 90+, the San Francisco Trad Jazz
Foundation threw a big party for him. Don't know now.
Don Robertson
Napa, CA
Daniel Augustine wrote:
> Ric--
> Turk wrote it. Here's the story, from Bob Krenkel via Tommy
Loy:
>
> "Bob Krenkel, transplanted Chicoan & big fan of Turk's sent this
to me.
> Other listmates have asked that it be re-posted.
> Glad to oblige...
> Tommy Loy
>
>> Here is the story:
>>
>> Duff Campbell was a big fan of Turk Murphy, his band and music.
It
>> seems that Duff made a trip to New York, and while there stopped
in
>> at Condon's. Eddie was at the club that night, and Duff decided
to
>> introduce himself. Part of the introduction was how he was a big
fan
>> of Turk Murphy. Well Condon, in his typical rare (and probably
>> inebriated) form, responded by pontificating about the
inadequacies
>> of Turk -- how he and his music were like dinosaurs, antiquated,
etc.
>> Well, this shattered Duff, and upon returning to San Francisco,
he
>> related the incident to Turk. Turk laughed it off, and asked
Duff
>> not to take it personally; after all, Condon was just being
Condon!
>>
>> A while later, Turk was contacted by George Avakian of Columbia
>> Records. Avakian had produced several of Turk's albums for
Columbia
>> and was also a fan. Avakian informed Turk that he was producing
an
>> album entitled Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz, which was tied to
an
>> anthology being published by Condon at that time. Eddie Condon
would
>> assemble the band and the theme would be tunes of various
>> personalities covered in the book such as Fats Waller, Louis
>> Armstrong, Bix, and Benny Goodman to name a few. Avakian, being
a
>> fan of Turks, wanted Turk included, and asked him if he could
send
>> Condon a tune to use in the album. Turk responded, "Better that
>> that, I'll write one!" He wrote it with with twists and turns,
put it in Db, and titled it "Duff Campbell's Revenge."
>>
>> The following is an excerpt from the liner notes of the album,
>> written by Condon:
>>
>> "If we had been able to cover all the personalities and
chapters
>> in the book without doing a tune of Turk Murphy's, we'd have
gladly
>> ducked the toughie in this collection, but the Bald Eagle that
>> presides over the Columbia eyrie insisted that the discipline was
>> good for us. It's called Duff Campbell's Revenge and The Head
>> explained something about the meaning of the title but we were
too busy digging the manuscript.
>> Turk and his boys rehearsed this tune, and they know it inside
out.
>> We rehearsed it and we still don't. Frankly, the band staggered
>> through this one; it's a jawbreaker, and if you don't believe it,
>> listen to the general struggle. I am very fond of Turk --
there's a
>> piece about him in the book -- but he gave us a severe penance on
this one."
>>
>> A final note -- On the Condon recording, they play it in Eb.
>>
>> Hope this explains.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bob"
>
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> From: "Ric Giorgi" <ricgiorgi at sympatico.ca>
> Date: February 28, 2009 5:25:05 PM CST
> To: ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Duff Campbell's Revenge - who wrote it?
>
> Oh Great List - can anyone tell me who wrote Duff Campbell's
revenge
> please? It seems to be credited to Turk but I seem to recall a
> discussion here that mentioned it being written by someone else.
>
> Ric Giorgi
> Toronto
>
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