[Dixielandjazz] Uncle Yoke's Black Dogs

[Ken Mathieson]

Thanks Bill, those are indeed the guys I knew. We had a lot of fun 
together as there 7 of them and 9 in Fat Sam's Band, so after-gig 
*relaxation* was pretty boisterous.

Talking of hard-swinging trumpet leads who were also strong soloists,is 
Bob Barnard still to the fore? I played with him a few times when he was 
booked for the Edinburgh Jazz Festival and he had those things in 
spades, but he also had eloquence when called for: a real jazzer and a 
team player with an unassuming good nature that made him a delight to 
work with.

Regards to you and your Paisley Buddy buddy,

Stay safe and well,

Ken

On 27/04/2020 00:58, Bill Haesler wrote:
>> 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.