[Dixielandjazz] Billy Banks characteristic blues

[Steve Voce]

He was  lovely fellow. I met him in Nottingham in 1953 when I was in the RAF. I have a privately recorded LP that he made with the Merseysippis Jazz Band at an all- night party a few days later.
Steve Voce
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On 2 Feb 2012, at 22:43, "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:

> who can forget Billy Banks with Bechet --- and the poetry of the song 
> 
> Characteristic Blues 
> 
> "it was only a bedbug making his last go round!"
> and the yodelling! 
> and the most joyous clarinet playing
> 
> I seem to remember some now departed seniors reminiscing about Banks doing a female impersonator act in London long ago, and with a handkerchief on his head ... 
> Billy Banks remains a wonderful encouragement of sanity!
> 
> Robert Calder 
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