[Dixielandjazz] Fw: RV: Picture of Earthquake McGoons

[Marek Boym]

I cannot really tell after all these years but, the way I remember it from
1980, it looked different/
Cheers!

On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 18:25, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:

> jim at kashprod.com wrote:
>
> Bob Ringwald posted a photo of Earthquake McGoons in San Francisco.  Thanks
> for that, Bob!  I heard the band there once.  By any chance was the same
> club located in a different spot In San Francisco ever?  I don't recall the
> club at all from that photo, but then it was a long time ago (early
> 1960's).
>
>
> Jim, I believe there were 3 McGoons over the years. Other Turk fans can
> probably fill us in on that.
>
> I played intermissions at the McGOONS at Clay and Montgomery, 1970 - 1973.
> I
> believe it had been a German music hall at one time. I would alternate 20 /
> 40 minutes with the band. There was a balcony overlooking the band stand.
> I'd go up there and listen to the band. I thought I was in Paradise,
> getting
> paid to listen to Turk. Often on the last tune of my sets, the band would
> join in with me. Turk would play washboard.
>
> While Smokey Stover was playing drums with the band, I would sit in on
> banjo
> on the last set of the night.
>
> One time we did a live radio show from McGoons. The band played, Maihack
> and
> I did a piano/banjo segment and they had a magician perform. I couldn’t
> figure that one out, a magician on the radio???
>
> Pete said that I was the best intermission act that they had since Clancy
> passed. I felt good about that.
>
> Earlier I saw Clancy playing intermissions there before he got sick. He
> was
> singing all these great songs with not too many people paying attention.
> Then he did a medley of 5 Foot 2, Aint She Sweet and Dark
> town Strutter's Ball and brought the house down... Just shows to go ya.
>
> When the tourist bus people would arrive, I'd do I Left My Heart In SF. It
> would bring down the house. Turk hated that song but I did it anyway.
>
> Pat Yankee was singing with the band. She would always request that I do
> Does Your Chewing Gum Loose its Flavor On The Bed Post Over Night. To this
> day she wants to hear me do that song.
>
>
> -Bob
>
> Bob Ringwald
> Amateur (ham) Radio Station K6YBV
> rsr at ringwald.com
> www.ringwald.com
>
> This Coronavirus has turned us all into dogs. We wander around the house
> looking for food.
> We get told "No" if we get too close to strangers and we get really
> excited
> about going for walks and car rides.
>
>
>
>
>
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