[Dixielandjazz] Banjoist on Armstrong's "Hello Dolly"

[Robert Ringwald]

Joe Darensbourg told me that the Armstrong band recorded Hello Dolly sometime before leaving for a concert tour in maybe Porto rico. Unfortunately I am not good at remembering stories, facts and history told to me by the great musicians.  

He said that they promptly forgot the song. They started getting requests for it on tour and couldn’t remember it. He said they had to have a record of it flown down to them from New York so they could relearn it. Once they played it in concert, the audience went wild.  

I also heard that the banjo was dubbed in Las Vegas later, after the recording session. But I can’t remember if it was Joe that told me that fact.  

--Bob Ringwald

  

From: Mike Woitowicz 
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:45 AM
To: Bob Ringwald 
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Banjoist on Armstrong's "Hello Dolly"

To the Discography Experts on the List:

Who was the banjo player (a studio musician probably) who played on Louis Armstrong's version of "Hello Dolly." The banjoist played the introduction to the song, which is now a standard opening for the tune, duplicated by many Dixieland banjoists over the years (myself included).

I use the tune as part of my "Music Through the Ages" program for Seniors, and as part of the program, I tell a bit about the history of the tunes I play. It would be interesting to relate who the banjoist was on this recording, and how an introduction to a pop song (probably improvised on the spot) has now become part of a Dixieland banjo player's tool kit.

I've tried to find the information on the internet, without success. 

Mike Woitowicz
The Banjo Barons Ragtime Band
The Dixie Barons Dixieland Band
Solo Banjo Shows
www.banjomusic.biz
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