[Dixielandjazz] All the Girls Go Crazy

[Stephen G Barbone]

> tyleman <tyleman at isp.com> wrote
>
> <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> This is a tune that was reputed to be part of Buddy Bolden's  
>> repertoire. The
>> way I hear it, Ory changed the words and title thus getting credit  
>> by some
>> sources for writing the tune.
>
> According to what source, Steve? It's not mentioned in Don Marquis'
> book about Bolden (generally considered the definitive book on
> Bolden), in the section dedicated to numbers the band played. There's
> also no reference to it in the book "Hear Me Talkin' to You," the
> compilation of interviews with various musicians from a variety of
> sources, first published in 1955.

Dear Chris:

Source is Dan Hardie who posted on the DJML the following about it on  
April 3, 2004:

The tune is generally regarded as part of the Bolden repertoire under
the title All the Whores Go Crazy About the Way I Ride.  ( I think
Danny Barker was the source of the information.) Wooden Joe Nicholas
recorded it under that title on American Music AMCD 5. His is a bit
rougher than the Bunk Johnson Yerba Buena one. (Witnesses said Bunk
could never play loud and  rough  like Buddy.) I have been researching
it for a current project and tried Googling it the other day but was
advised only that  it was written by Ory which I doubt. I think it was
origiinally one of the vernacular jump ups played by Bolden and others.
I have not been able to get hold of a lyric so I would appreciate a
copy of it and your lead sheet. I could perhaps comment  further then.
I too would appreciate any other information list members can provide.
best wishes
   Dan Hardie

IIn one of his books, Dan also states that the song was part of  
Bolden's repertoire. This from "The Ancestry of Jazz: A Musical Family  
by Daniel Hardie, 2004. Pages 191 and 192. (excerpts):

". . . there is a core of some 42 compositions that can reasonably  
said to have been performed by Bolden's various groups between 1897  
and 1906. An analysis of these works showed that by far the largest  
proportion (35%) were clearly of the black vernacular origin, probably  
derived from earlier dance songs (jump ups) and blues . . . ."
"This seems also to describe compositions from Bolden's repertoire,  
like 'Pretty Mama Open Your Legs One More Time" and "All The Whores Go  
Crazy About The Way I Ride.

Perhaps Dan and/or Igemar Wegeman with whom he discussed these tunes  
can shed more light o the subject.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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