[Dixielandjazz] Uncle Yoke's Black Dogs

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Sun Apr 26 19:58:21 EDT 2020


> On 27 Apr 2020, at 7:45 AM, Ken Mathieson <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote [in part]
> ...Drummer Ed Metz was (and still is) a knockout player and we became good buddies (indeed I'm still in occasional touch with him). They had an excellent hot trumpeter/cornetist whose name now escapes me, but he was a hard-swinging lead and a strong soloist... 

Dear Ken,
On the 1989 cassettes I was referring to the band had:
David Jones (c ) Steve Yocum (tb,vcl) Jim Buchmann (cl,sop,bassax) Tom Hook (p,vcl) Bob Leary (bj,g) Dave Gannett (tu) Eddie Metz, Jr. (d,vcl)

And I agree with you regarding the drummer and cornet player. 
Kind regards,
Bill.


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