[Dixielandjazz] The late great Bob Ringwald?

[david richoux]

Bob, I totally agree with you on this - I even have a copy of "Molly
Sings!" (paid .50 cents for it...)

No problems from this list member.

Dave R


On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:

> david richoux wrote:
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> An interview by Aidin Vaziri in the San Francisco Chronical today (7/7/13)
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> with Molly Ringwald had this as the first question:
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> Q: Your father was a jazz musician. What are the earliest songs you
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> remember hearing around the house?
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> A: I listened to a lot of Bessie Smith when I was younger. My dad mainly
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> listened to traditional jazz music. I didn't discover the Great American
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> Songbook until much later, when I was older and started listening to Ella
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> Fitzgerald.
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> I sent a note to Aldin already (
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> avaziri at sfchronicle.com
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>  ) and will let you know if he responds...
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> Dave Richoux
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> Yeah Dave, About half the interviews or articles that are written about
> Molly that mention me use the word was instead of is. On live radio and TV
> interviews I many times have heard her correct the interviewer and say “is.”
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> -BTW, Molly just appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival last night and is
> now on her way to some gigs in Toronto.
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> She will be appearing at the St. Frances Hotel on July 11, 12 & 13 with
> two shows on Saturday the 13th.
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> BTW- A recently unsbuscribed member of DJML told me that he has many DJML
> members as friends on his Facebook page and that some of them say that DJML
> is turning into a Molly Ringwald List.
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> I told him that I only list a few things about Molly on DJML compared to
> the hundreds of newspaper, radio and TV interviews that I get via Google
> Alert. And that I only do this because many members of DJML saw her sing
> OKOM with my band when she was 3 years old and have followed her carreer
> with interest, seeing her sing with my band and now with her own  band.
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> I am not writing this to get sympathy or to gain support from DJML
> members, so please no support messages. I am just letting you know that I
> know what is being said behind my back and I really don’t care. My
> conscience is clear . . . . At least on that point. (Wink)
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> Some folks just have to have something to gripe or complain about. It
> seems that they think the glass is half empty instead of half full.
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> You would think that they would be happy that there is a 45 year old
> actress in the public’s eye talking about her love of Jazz. Who else is
> talking about Bessie Smith, Bix, Bechet and Louis Armstrong in interviews
> these days?
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> -Bob Ringwald
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