[Dixielandjazz] Saints of Bleecker Street

[Dick Baker]

That's certainly some evidence that the Saints = the Stompers.  And 
for what it's worth, the Saints do indeed have both banjo and guitar, 
as do the Village Stompers, but is not likely in most Dixieland combinations.

Stephen Barbone found
>The below quote may shed some light on The Saints of Bleecker Street:
>
>"There seems to be some mislaid credit for the recording of
>?Washington Square.? Joe Sherman used leading studio musicians for the
>recording, but they did not receive credit. Mr. Goldsteinn recalls
>two: Bucky Pizzarelli and Doc Goldberg. The group listed in the
>Whitburn books and mentioned in my February post were assembled by
>Duke Niles for a tour. Mr. Goldsteinn wanted to call the act the
>Saints of Bleecker Street, but Village Stompers prevailed. At least
>part of the touring group had worked as Frank Hubbell and the Hubcaps,
>and as the Village Stompers they recorded eight albums for Epic. In my
>original post I said they had recorded ?a pair of albums.? That irks
>me, because I lost control of a fact I knew. Sorry about that."
>
>The full article from which this quote emanates is at:
>
>http://greatmeltdown.blogspot.com/2008/04/bonus-post-back-to-washington-square.html

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