[Dixielandjazz] Mickey Mouse Music / Mickey Bands etc

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

I remember lots of jobs like that.  When you mentioned fire escapes that 
brought to mind Club Imperial of Ike and Tina Turner fame.  That was really 
something, carrying a band up and down the fire escape.

There were a lot of dance halls that were on the second and third floors of 
buildings.  Today I won't play the Casa Loma here because of the steps (and 
neighborhood too).

There were a lot of ethnic halls like German and Italian here in St. Louis. 
I especially liked playing the Beer Gardens in South St. Louis but by the 
time I got out of college in the middle 60's and returned most of them were 
no more.  I guess it was TV or people just quit dancing.

I saw a show on the History channel that explored how air conditioning 
changed the country.  Maybe people were staying home more watching TV in the 
AC rather than having a beer outdoors at the beer gardens.
Larry
St.L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rickz" <rickz at usermail.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
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Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Mickey Mouse Music / Mickey Bands etc


> In LA in the 60's, there was "The Guild"   The AFofM had the studios sewed 
> up, of course, and their scale was obscenely high, so The Musicians Guild 
> had a reasonable scale and got all of the casuals in town.  I joined Local 
> 47, got no work, so I joined the Guild and worked every weekend.  The 
> players were great -- we never had any music, played everything!   Jewish 
> Wedding... hava nageela <sp??>  Irish Party... "Paddy" music.   I played 
> with one old guy who had played Kordeen until his back gave out.   When we 
> got to the middle of the last chorus, he would should "OUT" and you could 
> hear it all over the room.
>
> We played some hotels downtown where you parked your car in the street and 
> carried instruments and amps up and down the fire escape!!!
>
> Wonderful experience, and the money was welcome because I had just started 
> with IBM for $600 a month.
>
> Rick (Jolley) Zahniser.   Back then, I was "Rickey Allen"
> Guitar/Banjo/Dobro/Bass
>
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