[Dixielandjazz] Lee Blair - was Mundell Lowe etc.

[Stephen G Barbone]

>  Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote (polite snip)

> Now. On "Frankie and Johnny" only, does anyone else hear the  
> distinctive banjo beat of the left-handed Lee Blair?
> The regular member of the DeParis group at that time.
> He is not on screen on the clips we have, but must have augmented  
> the band for this one number.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.

Dear Bill:

Like you and Ginny, I hear it, having seen and admired  Blair about 50  
times with De Paris at Jimmy Ryan's in the 1950s.

But I am still wondering if indeed it is not Mundell Lowe who is  
listed as the banjo player on this clip. See below. #2 just below the  
half way mark of  the listing of this entire series.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.jots.200019675/mets.xml

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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