[Dixielandjazz] :THE GIG

[Robert Ringwald]

Harry,
get Pete Kelly's Blues on DVD if it is still available on Amazon, or somewhere else.  

The audio when played on a good sound system is spectacular!  

Too bad The Gig is not on DVD.  

--BR


Pete 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Callaghan" <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>
To: "Robert Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] :THE GIG


> I'm with Bob as to "Pete Kelly's Blues"
> 
> Mattafact, I just wrote myself a note to pull out my copy of it and see how
> it has held up over the years (Houston humidity is not particularly kind to
> VHS tapes)
> 
> For her role in the movie, Peggy Lee received a Best Supporting Actress
> nomination but she lost out to Jo Van Fleet for "East of Eden"
> 
> HC
> 
> 
> On 6/8/10, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I have The Gig on VHS also.  My daughter Beth purchased it for me some
>> time ago.
>>
>> The music is great and it is a very good film.
>>
>> Warren does a very good acting job also.
>>
>> If you want to see another film with great Jazz, Pete Kelly's Blues.
>>
>> They had a few copies left on Amazon on DVD a few months ago.  I got a
>> copy.
>>
>> You gotta watch it on a system with a good stereo, bass speakers, etc to
>> get the full value of the great music.
>>
>> Check it out on Amazon and see if there are any copies left.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Harry Callaghan" <meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com>
>> To: "Bob Ringwald" <rsr at ringwald.com>
>> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 6:20 PM
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] :THE GIG
>>
>>
>> > Funny that several subscribers should be engaged in the "rushing" topic
>> at
>> > this time.  I have nothing to contribute on the subject as such, not
>> being a
>> > musician myself.
>> >
>> > However, just last night I dug out an old VHS tape of a movie made in
>> 1985
>> > that I had recorded off the A&E Cable channel (back when it was a decent
>> > channel).
>> >
>> > It appeared to be a TVM and probably the only actors you would recognize
>> > were Wayne Rogers (of "M*A*S*H" fame) and Cleavon Little ("Blazing
>> Saddles")
>> >
>> > Wayne was leader of an amateur sextet that got together to play dixieland
>> > music regularly and through some quirk of fate managed to secure a 2-week
>> > gig at a resort in the Catskills (sometimes referred to affectionately as
>> > the Jewish Alps)
>> >
>> > His bass player has to go in for emergency surgery so he must hire a
>> > professional (Little) who holds him up for more money than the other
>> players
>> > are being paid.  His character has supposedly been around and played with
>> > many top name bands and small combos.and it is he  who sets the pace for
>> > each number that they play
>> >
>> > I found the movie tremendously enjoyable when I first saw it perhaps 20
>> > years ago and even moreso during last night's re-watching of it.
>> >
>> > Incidentally, all of the musicians' playing was dubbed in except for
>> > trumpeter Warren Vache Jr.but the others just going through the motions
>> > appeared rather convincing or moreso than is typical in that situation.
>> >
>> > Now that I have possibly aroused your interest, I have no idea whether it
>> is
>> > available on video
>> >
>> > Tides,
>> > HC.
>> >
>> > --
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>> > opinion
>> > of himself, undisturbed by the facts
>> >
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> 
> 
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> opinion
> of himself, undisturbed by the facts
> 
>            - Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936)
>