[Dixielandjazz] Earthquake McGoons Clancy Hayes

[Oarkas]

Yes, Frank Gazis was a friend of my dad's, and I became his friend as a teen ager back in the 60's. Even though underage, I'd go into bar area and talk with him, ask him to play a Greek song, and always enjoyed him very much. 
He even gave me a cymbalum, when I told him I had been looking for one for a long time. 
He was a great man and a great musician. One time, at his house, he and his wife told me a story. Apparently Orson Wells heard his cymbalum playing and loved it. He thought it would be a great sound for a movie he was making. But then it turned out the director had already gotten a zither player to play the music for "The Third Man!"

John

John Pappas

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On Nov 30, 2012, at 3:05 PM, Art Wood <artwoo at aol.com> wrote:

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> The recent mention of intermission players @ Earthquake McGoons brought back the memory of Clancy Hayes.
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> Not to disparage Bob and Scott, but I think Clancy Hayes was the almighty star of the intermission riffs at Earthquake McGoons.
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> I can clearly recall Clancy slowly approaching his stool, adjusting himself, and then strumming and singing like a preacher who could never deliver a bad sermon. 
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> Clancy was pure and direct.
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> I was so young at the time (early 20's) that I could not fully appreciate that Earthquake McGoon's was akin to the holy grail of trad jazz.
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> North Beach and the fringes offered so much enjoyment to a young soul with clubs like: The Roaring 20's, Playboy Club, Gold Street, Goman's Gay 90's, Burp Hollow, Jazz Workshop, The Purple Onion, Carol Doda's, The Red Garter, and others I have forgotten about. 
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> Glad to have been there. Wish I had a time machine.
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> Sincerely,
> Art 
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> PS Another star of North Beach was Frank Gazis @ Vanessi's Restaurant. Anyone remember him?
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