[Dixielandjazz] Question

[Bill Haesler]

Bob Romans asked:
> Has anyone here ever hear of a band called "The Dixie Rebels"?
> I have a 1959 LP...they are HOT!
> Command Records...

Dear Bob,
That Command LP could be Cattledog number 33-801:
The Dixie Rebels Strike Back With a True Dixieland Sound: 
Big Jeb Dooley (t) [pseudonym for Pee Wee Erwin] Lou McGarity (tb) Kenny Davern (cl) Gene Schroeder (p) Milt Hinton (b) Cliff Leeman (d) or Panama Francis (d) 
New York, early 1959
    Dixieland band    
    When the Saints Go Marching In            
    St. James Infirmary            
    Royal Garden Blues            
    Tin Roof Blues            
    Clarinet Marmalade           
    Hindustan           
    Basin Street Blues            
    Panama            
    That's A Plenty            
    Fidgety Feet            
    South Rampart Street Parade           

or  Command 33-825
The Dixie Rebels, True Dixieland Sound: 
John Mortillo (p) replaces Gene Schroeder, Panama Francis out 
New York, December 7, 1959
    Tiger Rag   
    Milenberg Joys            
    Jazz Me Blues            
    Avalon            
    Limehouse Blues            
    Ja-Da            
    At the Jazz Band Ball            
    Indiana           
    Nobody's Sweetheart            
    Wang Wang Blues            
    Livery Stable Blues            
    Creole Rag           

The recordings are mentioned briefly on page 287 of 'This Horn For Hire - the life and career of Pee Wee Irwin as told to Warren W Vaché' (1987. Scarecrow Press.)