[Dixielandjazz] Barn Dance/Phil Harris

[Charles Suhor]

I just looked up the origin of the song, and I was wrong—it’s a rural place, with a quaint story. See the link below. I still feel that Phil Harris was an urbane performer (“Rugged But Right”…) often with a touch of self-irony, with jokes about his alcoholism. “Solid, Jackson!”

Charlie

http://www.dumaschamber.com/content/legend-ding-dong-daddy




> On Oct 17, 2016, at 9:36 PM, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:
> 
> Phil Harris made a hip, hit record of the song in the 40s. “I’m a peach pie poppa from ping pong prairie/ Man, y’oughta see me strut…” Kind of slickly urban, though.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
>> On Oct 17, 2016, at 7:45 PM, Les Elkins <leslie.r.elkins at gmail.com <mailto:leslie.r.elkins at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas is a fairly simple tune that's fun and not done often. It was performed by Bob Wills, also Louis, and there are a couple of entertaining early big band recordings of it as well.
>> 
>> -Les Elkins
>> 
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