[Dixielandjazz] Harlem Hamfats

[domitype]

Yes, Hokum might have been the wrong word, but they did have a somewhat unusual style and their original songs were certainly out of the main stream IMO. Not in a bad way, but maybe it kept them from being "famous?"

Dave Richoux
(btw, still having e-mail problems, maybe not related to DJML...) 

On Jan 23, 2011, at 1:21 PM, "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:

> It's good that my reminiscence of Peter Clayton -- by way of mentioning his 
> response to what had been a fresh discovery for him -- brought up the question 
> of the McCoy brothers unmarked graves.  I would have thought some Peggy Lee fan 
> might send a dollar or three for the grave of the author of one of her famous 
> recordings. 
> 
> 
> I do take issue with Dave Richoux a little, since there wasn't that much hokum 
> on their recordings, just vocals and one might suppose clarinetists could refer 
> Snip