[Dixielandjazz] Bill Gallagher remembers Dottie Bigard

[Bill Haesler]

Steve Voce wrote:
> Dottie proved very resilient when I tried to interview her at the Nice Jazz Festivcal during the Eighties.
> Eventually she owned up that she wanted to keep all the stories for Barney's biography which was published
> a year or so later.

Dear Steve,
I assume that you are referring to "With Louis and The Duke" by Barney Bigard. Edited by Barry Martyn. (Macmillan Press 1985).
A short but very interesting and informative book.
(For those listmates who have not read it, seek out a copy.)
We were fortunate to spend a little time with Mr Bigard when he came to Melbourne on the first Louis Armstrong All Stars' tour of Australia in October 1954.
What a charming man he turned out to be.
We felt that his friendliness matched his wonderful clarinet playing over the years.
Kind regards,
Bill.