[Dixielandjazz] Come-on a-my house (was Bria Skonberg interviewed...)

[Marek Boym]

Dear Bill,
The "Her" referred to Bria Skonberg - I thought that was clear.   The
referrence to the song came from the review, and I even put it in quotation
marks.  That was one of the things that sounded scary, and it should have
been pretty clear from the context.  I repeat the whole below;
unfortunately, plain text does not allow highlighting things, or, if it
does, I have no idea how.

"I've seen her on You Tube and she sounds great.  But some of the stuff in
the review sounds scary:
""Come On-a My House" -- the quasi-Armenian folk song popularized by
Rosemary Clooney in 1951 -- with what she called a "swampy groove.""

On the other hand, your "It was boring back then and still is"  folowing a
lis of people sure sounded as if you had meant that they were boring.  I
was not the only one misled - hence Jacks comment on Lee Wiley.  Following
is the paragraph from your original email:
"And add the 1945 Glenn Miller orch, Sara Vaughan, Benny Goodman, Lee
Wiley, Anita O'Day, Artie Shaw to his list of recordings.
It was boring back then and still is."
In any event, I still don't know that song, nor want to.


On 18 April 2013 03:19, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Marek Boym asked:
> > When have I ever mentioned Rosemary Clooney?  I don't even know the song
> > discussed!
>
> Dear Marek,
> Then who wrote the following sent to the DJML on 16 April?:
>
> I've seen her on You Tube and she sounds great.  But some of the stuff in
> the review sounds scary:
> ""Come On-a My House" -- the quasi-Armenian folk song popularized by
> Rosemary Clooney in 1951 -- with what she called a "swampy groove."
>
> > I don't agree that BG was boring.
>
> Nor do I! Never ever.
> I was adding BG and the other musicians/artists Stan Freeman recorded
> with, who were not mentioned in the Wiki link I provided.
> It is the Rosemary Clooney 'hit' I consider boring.
> Cheers and beers,
> Bill.