[Dixielandjazz] Eddie Condon and Dixieland

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Wed Jul 27 22:49:31 PDT 2011


Daniel Barrett wrote [in part]:
> I'm proud of the fact that I got to play with ne less than four of the men featured in the Goodyear video: Wild Bill Davison; Peanuts Hucko; Johnny Varro; and drummer Buzzy Drootin.


Dear Dan,
What a great experience that would have been.
Unfortunately, when Wild Bill Davison came to Australia in the 1970s I was in hospital with broken ribs.
By the time he returned 20 years or so later, he had lost most of that fire.
But I got to shake his hand.
Very kind regards,
Bill.


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