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Gracie Lantz George Burns Waylon Smithers Willie Nelson Ozzie Nelson Nellie Bly

re Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko books - I read GORKY PARK years ago and throughly enjoyed it. Never got around to any others in the series, but this is a definite reminder to do so. I just finished Phillip K Dick's A SCANNER DARKLY. WOW ! Very accessible after reading VALIS, which I enjoyed but it took mucho concentration in parts (well worth the effort). I figured I'd get a head's up the upcoming flick. DARKLY is terrific. It can alternately funny and poignant. Tragicomic? I was a little disappointed to find out that the upcoming flick is animated, but I'm trying to get used to the idea.

Anybody know........ ? How do those 4 "community" cards effect the probabilities vs traditional poker? That and the all or nothing aspect of this makes me wonder if it's just a show biz version of poker that plays well on tv...but the emphasis in my statement is on "wonder". I can't really get a handle on it.

Whitey Ford Red Prysock Bobby Blue Bland

Scotty Captain Kirk Lieutenant Uhuru

Got it ! Wingy was swimmin'......see ?'

Phil Napoleon Marty Napoleon Nappy Lamare

Gladys George Gladys Knight Doris Day

Sharkey ! :

I'm in agreement with the positive statements above - I really dig Red Nichols and have heard most of the recordings mentioned above. The arranged segments seem pretty advanced for the time. On a humorous note - Red seems not to have been too popular with the Condon crew. Eddie sends several barbs Red's way in his autobiography "We Called It Music" and Max Kaminsky, while less sarcastic than Eddie, doesn't speak too favorably of Red. The general feeling I get is one a lot of musicians can identify with. They were the guys in the band (and somewhat wild) and Red, in their eyes, was a prick band leader.

Dunne and Bradstreet Abbott and Costello Sacco and Vanzetti

Please Mr Custer

Anybody remember the end to the flick...Rosie Grier finally has Ray Milland's head removed from his body and as the movie fades the music is "Oh Happy Day". Hysterical.

Great story. Who was it that said if you play back a Johnny Hodges solo of an LP at 45 rpm he sounds just like Bechet?

Dr. John Huey Piano Smith James Booker

Why don't we just forget this genius crap and talk more specifically about the pros and cons of a particular artist? That would eliminate the hyperbole and marketing aspects that are really a side issue to the matter at hand. There is an attitude from some posters that reveals that they don't *get* R&B and don't dig R&B. You can substitute 60s soul for R&B or even 60s/70s pop for the term R&B. You can even find a some musicians (some of them good musicians) that have the same attitude. That's fine for them. Fortunately not everybody has this attitude. I think a lot of it has to do with to what we were listening to and (for those of who are musicians) the various bands we played with. As for Stevie - I think he's great. I love his writing and I love a lot of the records he made. He knows HOW to make a record of HIS music. He fought for that right in contract negotioans with Motown in the early 70s and when he got his contract is when gems like Talking Book, FFF, etct started to appear. BTW, his keyboard chops are fine for him to play what he wants to play......and his chops on harmonica are pretty remarkable from where I sit.

Tootsie Al Jolson Eddie Cantor

Cablevision. I like it.

New is nice.

King Curtis King Oliver King Kolax

Abe Lincoln Moe Schneider Warren Smith

John Trueheart Ray Noble George Strait

Sounds like a line from..... LOL. Actually...I'm thinking of changing my handle. The Obscure Poster or later at night....... The Obscured Poster

I'm also pretty sure he played Albert system. How did he get that sound? It's a throat growl. Kind of the same thing that "Honkin' Tenors" would do. On rare occasions Benny Goodman would utilize a throat growl (for one example - Royal Garden Blues - the one with Charlie Christian) and , to me, when Benny utilized the throat growl he sounded remarkably like....Edmund Hall.

I have this on Canyon. Bought it when it came out and listened to it once or twice and just now sampled a couple of tracks as a refresher. (Damn - Wilton Felder plays this shit right on the money ! ! ). Jim - I hear what you're saying about "I'll take You All the way there" but I think it's the way Stanley was recorded. HIS ambience sounds different. I have to listen agian, but I think the track sounds consistent with the other tracks except for Stanley. Different (worse) Studio? The notes list Monk Higgins and Art Freeman as arrangers and "the staff of Wally Roker & associates" as producer. I have at least one other canyon lp. Canyon 7704 (Stanley was 7701 - there's at least 2 more Canyon lps) "I'm A Loser" by Doris Duke. Produced in Macon Ga by Jerry Williams aka Swampdog. It's a good record.