The Magnificent Goldberg

How about the ubiquitous Peruvian pan flute bands that play in shopping streets restricted to a two tune repertoire of James Taylor's "Everyday" and Gary Puckett's "Lady Willpower"? Or how about they play Puckett's pedophiliac "Young Girl" over and over... (Can you tell I hate Gary Puckett?) British fans of the TV programme "The fast show" will, of course, have a great affection for the Andean pipe street bands so wonderfully and hilariously parodied in the show (if not for their music). (Or was it only one band that circulated around all the major shopping centres of Britain?) Kalo, count yourself lucky you didn't live through the early fifties when pop music was REALLY at its worst. White teenagers would not have turned to R&B in the mid fifties, leading to the creation of Rock n Roll, had the pop music of that period been even slightly less insulting to one's intelligence. If you really want to torture yourself, try Guy Mitchell's early fifties hits. MG Sorry - forgot you were on our side Sidewinder...

Leon Ware Leon Spencer Jr Marks & Spencer MG

Thank you, Jim. MG

Old Mother Hubbard Sister Rosetta Tharpe Brother John Sellars MG

B B King King Kong King Cobra MG

Junior Parker Junior Walker Junior Wells MG

You have my unmitigated sympathy. I don't know how bad he is. I've never knowingly heard him. MG

Clement Atlee Atley Chapman Chapman Pincher MG

Yeah, I've seen that one. For my personal hell, it would be any heavy metal band, or all of them at once. For Ambrose Bierce, it would be two clarinets. I think that turned out to be Glen Miller MG

Wasn't my work - I got a mate to do it. I just worked out what would fit where and how I wanted it. He thought up the neat dodge with the screw dowels. MG

Tom Sylvester Tweetie Pie MG

"REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE IN THE BEATLES? THAT WAS AWESOME!" Who's that guy sitting next to Chewy? MG

Bill Bailey Benny Bailey Old Bailey

Thanks for posting that interview with Sonny, Niko. I hadn't seen it before but it's brilliantly clear. I think Johnny Board ran Rev Jesse Jackson's band for Operation PUSH, didn't he? MG

Michelle Farewell Machelle Fonce Mizell MG

I think Bob Porter said something rather like that in the sleeve notes to one of the Sonny Stitt albums he produced. That's why I've only got 58 of them (just over a third). MG

Try the version of "Walk on by" by Don Patterson, Sony Stitt, Grant Green and Billy James on the "Brothers 4" CD. I imagine Houston is well aware of the issue of this. He told my friend around 1979/80 that the tapes had been lost. So he's interested in what happened to this session. And he is a very big record collector, I understand. And he's a great guy. MG

Sylvia Sims Sylvester Stalone Sly & the Family Stone MG

Milton Friedman Milton Keynes Maynard Keynes MG

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George Burns George Freeman Freeman Lee MG

That's what Fred did. Don't forget, he was doing that tour for about 8 years. But in the end... MG

We all have our different perceptions, which is fine. I have not heard her "pound", either live or on several albums--both solo and as sideperson. For example, on Stan Getz's 50th birthday double album, with the gold cover (what is that title!) she plays the smoothest electric piano I have heard anyone play. I hope to avoid her pounding albums--which ones are they? For what it's worth - not much since they aren't available - she doesn't seem to me to pound on the Freddie McCoy albums. MG PS Ray Pounds on the drums.

Yup. From the Mosaic discography: Roost LP 2204 Plays Arrangements From The Pen of Quincy Jones (D) Sonny Stitt (as) w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra: Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal (tp), J.J. Johnson (tb), Anthony Ortega (fl, as), Seldon Powell (ts), Cecil Payne (bari), Hank Jones (p), Freddie Green (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Jo Jones (d). NYC, September 30, 1955 tk.2 My Funny Valentine Roost LP 2204 tk.5 Lover - tk.6 Sonny's Bunny - tk.9 Love Walked In - (E) Sonny Stitt (as) w/ Quincy Jones Orchestra: Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Anthony Ortega (fl, as), Seldon Powell (ts), Cecil Payne (bari), Hank Jones (p), Freddie Green (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Jo Jones (d). NYC, October 9, 1955 tk.2 If You Could See Me Now Roost LP 2204 tk.2 Quince (alt) previously unissued tk.3 Quince Roost LP 2204 tk.1 Come Rain Or Come Shine (alt) previously unissued tk.2 Come Rain Or Come Shine Roost LP 2204 tk.1 Star Dust (alt) -1 previously unissued tk.3 Star Dust -1 Roost LP 2204 -1, as, p, g, b & d only. Thanks Kevin - I keep telling myself that I'm saving up for the Stitt box. MG

I see I've hit 1,000 posts for the second time! Zowie! Losing a few hundred is grievous when you don't have that many. MG