[Dixielandjazz] Nat Gonella

[tbw504 at aol.com]

I was there from 1942, desperate for the real gravy. The weren't ANY  
British bands that could deliver on the level of the Americans. That's why we  
haunted the record stores for recordings of State-side bands and had our ears  
glued to the wireless (sorry, radio) hoping that AFN was coming in strong. 
It  also explains why so many British musicians joined Geraldo's navy to get 
to  where the action was.
Brian Wood