[Dixielandjazz] Peter Clayton

[John Blegen]

About the Hamfats, a thoughtful young man named Arlo Leach recently put on a 
benefit concert to raise money for graves markers  for the McCoy brothers (the 
leaders of the Hamfats).  It was held last October at the Old Town School of 
Folk Music in Chicago.  The concert featured the music of the McCoy brothers 
performed by a variety of musicians.  Cornetist Andy Schum and I were in the 
house band.  If you're interested in a CD of the performance (proceeds go to the 
grave marker project), here's the URL:

http://www.mccoybrotherstribute.com/

 John Blegen, clarinet
Evanston, IL, USA
jcblegen.com




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From: domitype <domitype at gmail.com>
To: John Blegen <jcblegen at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 9:57:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Peter Clayton

I don't remember how I stumbled upon the Harlem Hamfats - maybe I just took a 
chance buying an old LP from a used record store, maybe a recommend from another 
musician or DJ - anyway, I am glad I found them and often played them on my 
radio show!
There was just the right blend of jazz and hokum for my particular taste...

Dave Richoux


On Jan 19, 2011, at 6:36 PM, "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:

> I see the recommendation of a book by Peter Clayton on sale via ABE books -- 
>and 
>
> presumably also Amazon and alibris  (add the suffix  .com  for USA  or    
> .co.uk  for Britain.  
> 
> 
> Peter Clayton certainly knew his stuff -- I learned a great deal from his 
> numerous radio broadcasts and he was devoted to the music with special personal 
>
> enthusiasms ranging to Wardell Gray and spontaneous expressions of the same 
>when 
>
> for instance on Jazz Record Requests a listener's suggestion of the Harlem 
> Hamfats -- with the amazing undersprung rhythm section of John Lindsay's bass 
> and the mandolin and guitar of Charlie and Joe McCoy (whose Weed Smoker's Dream 
>
> became Why Don't You Do Right?) -- introduced Peter belatedly to the utterly 
> delightful piano playing of Horace Malcolm (somewhat Mortonesque and confined 
>on 
>
> record to that band and quite a number of blues accompaniments).  
> 
> Peter compered Jazz Record Requests until I gather he lost the use of his legs 

> following thr return of the cancer in whose first nasty course of treatment he 

> was encouraged by musician-fans like the soprano player Eggy Ley (no joke as a 

> player!) and others he expressed his gratitude to on air. After his retirement 

> his successor Charles Fox succumbed to a sudden coronary, and Peter came back, 
>I 
>
> think recording at home from a wheelchair, and his eulogy on Charles Fox was 
>one 
>
> of the most moving things I've heard in any jazz connection.  Peter died not 
> long after,  having delivered several more of the weekly broadcasts in his 
>usual 
>
> informed way. He wasn't much past sixty and no doubt other listmates had the 
> privilege of knowing him well. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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