Chuck Nessa

D'jever talk about my old friend Steve Nelson-Raney?

Good for you and the "customer".

Big Al will be the guy with Styx on his iPod. Hope it doesn't bother the band.

Is there a dance floor? Do you take requests? Do you know Tenderly - it's a favorite? Will you be performing behind chicken wire?

You did say off the ground - not finished.

Somewhere between 10 and 20.

You must live in a very small room. B-)

You are friggin' impossible.

aka Buck Chuckley.

FWIW, the session in question produced 6 "tunes" totaling 43 minutes. In addition, I have access to 2 more performances for another 9 minutes, performed by the same personnel. Looks like a cd to me.

At least Reisner and Russell capture some feeling of the time which is missing from many since. Not easy to discount (in my book). Some of this is more important than "facts".

My thoughts, EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the first shot Franz is looking askance at Eric, as well he should. B-)

Who banned Africa Brass? Bring that mother back! Somebody else is stealing his identity. Call the FBI!

Never mind!

I demand the bed. Hans can go outside.

Nope, you lose.

You knucklehead! You knucklehead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was about to tell you to say "hay" to the both of them.

Stash booted this from 2 different Soundcraft sessions. Soundcraft was a tape manufacturer purchase by Columbia around 1970. They made at least 4 (that's what I have) tapes to give away with their blank tape reels. One of the Allen/Hawk sessions is more "dixie" than the other, but I can't remember which. Probably the one with Earl Warren instead of Sol Yaged. The other 2 Soundcraft sessions were led by Larry Clinton (with Charlie Shavers, Sam Taylor, Sol Yaged, Urbie Green, Buddy Weed, Barry Galbraith, Bob Haggart and Cozy Cole) and a very nice Elliot Lawrence date with Hal McKusick among the usual suspects.

Fred Berry is the trumpet player. You can get a bunch of hits on Google with "Fred Berry trumpet" and THIS is one of them.

Yes, Carville registered here and contacted me via the board to give me the news.

Columbia issued a Harmony lp of Metronome stuff. I still have it.

I'd love to. Roscoe called early this morning and we discussed it again. All we need is a pile of money.

I have received information it's been taken off the Easytree site.

He can go shove it, I'm never listening to him. Boy will HE be disappointed.