[Dixielandjazz] Westy and recordings

[Daniel Augustine]

DJML--
     Fans of Lee ('Westy') Westenhofer and his playing might like to  
know that he has a website at:
             http://westyworks.com/
where (one hopes) his CD "Bubbles" is still for sale (i got mine a  
couple of years ago).
     Do a search on 'Westenhofer' in YouTuba (whoops, i mean YouTube)  
and up will pop quite a nice number of videos featuring or including  
Westy.
     His sousaphone stylings can of course also be purchased by buying  
some of the recordings of the Reynolds Brothers Rhythm Rascals (http://www.reynoldsbrothers.net/ 
), always a show i see at Sacramento.  He also plays with Big Mama Sue  
(http://www.bigmamasue.com/) but i didn't see his name on any of the  
recordings there.

     Dan

c: Herr Professor Westenhofer
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From: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
Date: June 7, 2009 6:58:05 PM CDT
To: ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Westy

Daniel Augustine ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu wrote:
  > One of the main reasons i went to the Sacramento Jazz Ju... uh
> Festival this year was to hear one of my favortie sousaphone- 
> players, Westy Westenhofer.  However, i found out there that he  
> would not be playing because of a health problem (it might have been  
> that he had a stent put in).
>    Does anyone have any information about how he's doing?
>
>    Dan

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This from Ralf Reynolds:

(snip)
Hola Bob,
Westy is recovering and doing just fine after having a 'pace maker'  
installed.
His email is: westyworks at earthlink.net
Adios,
Ralf
(snip)

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**  Dan Augustine  --  Austin, Texas  --  ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
**    "The tuba is the certainly the most intestinal of instruments,
**     the very lower bowel of music." --  Peter De Vries
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