[Dixielandjazz] John Thomas

[Charles Kercher]

Hey Sheik, He, for sure, is the one whereof you speak. John created the 
book, "The Dixie Player's Fun Book." John managed a small printing in the 
early '80s and from there on the book gradually became used across the 
country and also overseas by copying. John has never lost a wink of sleep 
over this. He says, "I put the book together to help those Dixie bands that 
only knew a dozen tunes. It has some chordal mistakes and I never thought 
that it would be used by so many players." John is a fine fellow, player, 
and entertainer.
He is living with his daughter at this time because of a fire at his house. 
He can be reached this e-mail address: punchthomas at glasschickstation.com or 
his daughter's phone 904-783-3247  All the best, chuck kercher



----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:09 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] John Thomas


> Was the John Thomas being discussed the John Thomas who did a Dixieland
> fake book umpteen years ago--possibly in the 1970?
>
> When I was first starting out in 1976 some one zeroxed a multi-generation
> copy for me; it was attributed to Thomas, used widely in the greater DC
> area.
>
> --Sheik
>
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