[Dixielandjazz] stirring the pot

[Harry Callaghan]

Ron:

Always been pretty much a rhubarb man myself, but it is really scarce down
in this hyar hick town of Houston, Texas

HC

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> Well, Harry, you obviously never tasted my mom's apple pie.
>
> Ron L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Harry
> Callaghan
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 8:40 AM
> To: lherault at bu.edu
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] stirring the pot
>
> Jim:
>
> I never cease to be amazed with some of the new revelations I am exposed to
> here on the list..........but, someone leaving because they hate the word
> "dixieland" really takes the cake.
>
> Let's see how many I can drive away today with this one;
>
>          MOM & APPLE PIE!!!
> Tides
> HC
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:
>
> > I recall that when I first joined djml at the very beginning of its
> > existence I was shocked to hear that the word "Dixieland" had taken on
> > something of a dirty word meaning to some.  One member actually left djml
> > out of hatred over the word.  And, of course, it is part of the title of
> > this list!  I'm not really sure how he managed to join in the first
> place!
> >
> > I moved to Madrid in1966, and don't recall any bad feelings about the
> word
> > then in the U.S.  I was literally out of contact completely through the
> > "Franco" years, and not much better off than that up until the discovery
> of
> > this list when I first went "on-line".  So, the sudden appearance of such
> > hatred seemed strange.  Of course, many of the things I say in English
> are
> > some 45 yrs out of date, so I run into these PC moments quite often.
> >
> > Strictly out of luck, we named our band a "Jazz Band" instead of a
> > "Dixieland" band, not that it would have made much difference to the
> people
> > who hear us.  I say that as our list of songs goes way past that period,
> > and
> > although we might include a number of recognized Dixieland songs in a
> > single
> > night, we also work our way right up to the late 1960's with some songs.
> >  We
> > also have some multicolored vests & bow ties which we use for private
> > parties & big functions, which fortunately carry no overtones to anyone
> > other than just being very colorful & gay.  (Ya see...my wife says I
> can't
> > say "gay" anymore!)
> >
> > I do think it is a shame that some would attach nothing more than "bad
> > tempo
> > bands & straw hats" to a single word, which really does mean many other
> > things to many other people.
> >
> > Jim
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