[Dixielandjazz] The Beatles' music

[Harry Callaghan]

I regret that I can't assist you in your quest for an "all-Dixieland
Beatles album".

However, I am in the process of putting together one of my
"Callaghan's Corner" programs for Radio OKOM that I will be calling
"Beatles Music for People Who Didn't Like The Beatles".

Thus far, it will be including numbers penned by Lennon-McCartney &
George Harrison as recorded by Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Carmen
McRae, Maynard Ferguson, Sergio Mendes, John Pizzarelli and a few
others that don't come to mind right this very minute.

Trouble is, us program providers can't pinpoint exactly when a
specific program will be aired and are told to anticipate an
approximate 2-month delay from the time programs are submitted to the
Radio OKOM homebase in Lafayette (northern) NJ.

I think there are about (8) of us at present, Although two are
deceased, Joe Klee and Bud Merigold, their programs continue to run.
Joe, as you may recall, was a writer with Mississippi Rag, and Bud was
a deejay on commercial radio in the NY area for several years.

Others are Dave Slater from California, who calls his program "The
Harry Faversham Show" for reasons I won't go into, "Crazy Henry"
Newberger of Coram, LI. with his "57 Minutes You'll Never Get Back",
Bruce "Bear" Whitehouse of Olympia, WA, with his "Bear's Den". as well
as programs by OKOM's founder "Tiger Bill" Taggart and Program
Director and my friend of 56 years, Bruce McNichols, who founded the
Smith Street Society Jazz Band in 1963.

But, how could I possibly leave out Lise Avery with "Anything Goes"?.
Lise's music runs more to the "cabaret" style, with only light touches of jazz.

The music on Radio OKOM is predominantly of a dixieland variety
whereas my own program is more music of the big band era with some
dixie, blues and a little of everything but rap/hip hop thrown in.
for good measure.  I have even been known to play Willie Nelson.

Give us a listen at okom.com........we won't bite, I promise..

Tides,
HC.

On 4/12/10, W1AB at aol.com <W1AB at aol.com> wrote:
>
> OK, here's another  request....
>
>    I'm a fan of the Beatles and their  music.  Many of the songs that
> Lennon and McCartney wrote are remarkably  good, and lend themselves well to
> various musical idioms.
>
>    In my CD collection, there is a pretty  large subset of Beatles' music
> played by various types of groups -- Bluegrass,  modern jazz, Chet
> Atkins, the cello section of the Berlin Philharmonic ("Cello  Submarine"),
> symphony orchestras, etc.  The main criterion for the CDs is  that every
> track on a CD must be of the Beatles' music.
>
>    Alas, I have never yet found a CD  cut by a Dixieland band that is ALL
> Beatles' music, even though a  lot of Beatles' tunes lend themselves quite
> well to traditional jazz treatment,  such as "When I'm 64," and "All My
> Loving."
>
>    Does anyone know of such a CD?   If so, I would very much appreciate
> information on it.
>
>    Getting back to "Cello Submarine"  ...  About ten years ago, my wife
> Maggie and I were staying in a timeshare  in Scotland, enjoying a relaxing
> vacation in the land of her mother's  birth.  We were walking along the
> downtown area one day and I noticed a  sidewalk sale at the town's library.  Of
> course, I had to rummage through  their offerings, and I found the "Cello
> Submarine" cassette tape.  I bought  it on the cheap, brought it home, and
> transferred it to CD.  It is a  wonderful album!
>
>    OK, ladies and gentlemen ... operators  are standing by for your
> replies.
>
>                                                    Many thanks,   Al B
>
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