[Dixielandjazz] Stan Freberg interviewed

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The great Billy May discography by Jack Mirtle goes into a lot of detail about his work with Stan Freberg over the years. It is currently listed on Amazon in short supply, but I think it is one of those "order it and we will print you a copy" sort of books (may be wrong...)

Dave Richoux

On May 1, 2011, at 6:40 AM, "Pat Ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com> wrote:

> I thought "part 2" was a
> disappointment.  I think they "jumped the shark" with that one...>>
> 
> Hi,
> According to Frebergs book `It only hurts when I laugh` part 2 was ready many years ago but at the time  he was going to have part 1 put on Broadway by Merrick (I think) and Merrick didn`t want part 2 to be issued until after the show had appeared
> For various almost unbelievable  reasons the show was never put on. This is a really weird part of the book but in essence Merrick wanted changes to which Freberg would not agree.
> When they finally split up Freberg considered himself free to issue Part 2. Perhaps if the second part had been issued when Freberg wanted he would have recognised what tripe it was compared to Part 1 and done something about it.
> 
> A fascinating speculation. What a show that would have been. I would have given my eye teeth to have seen that.
> 
> I can highly recommend. the book. Got mine from Amazon.
> 
> Pat
> 
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