[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: "Blue Lou" Barker

[Stan Brager]

Hi;

There's a Wikipedia article about "Blue Lu" Barker which has everything one
would presumably want to know. Here 'tis:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lu_Barker

Stan
Stan Brager

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From: BOBOBANJOB at aol.com [mailto:BOBOBANJOB at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:01 PM
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Fwd: "Blue Lou" Barker

On 13 AUG '14, Robert R. Calder wrote:  
 

"I have suddenly remembered hearing a lady on radio talk about  travelling
fr= om New Orleans to New York, and I think she was Blue Lu  Barker, and she
had= been young at the time, and was travelling  with Lorenzo Tio as an
escort. = I have a date of birth for Mrs. Barker of  1913. Presumably
somebody can com= e up with the year.=0A=0A=0ABill's  friend Baz's comment
on the time taken b= y train between the two towns  brought this to=A0 mind,
for the lady's memor= y was that she had taken  sandwiches....... "
 
My recollection is that "Blue Lou" Barker was N.O. guitarist Danny Barker's
wife.
They used to work as a duo in the "old days." Later in the 1950s Danny
Barker played banjo with Conrad Janis'  "Tailgate Jazz Band" in NYC.
 
Bob Sann,
Clearwater,  FL