Dan Gould

I have no idea what you are trying to say, but Schifrin is a nonagenarian.

Imagine if Amber Heard had talked about the fact that he made people think he could propel a hat off of his head at will instead of the nonsense about having scissors for hands.

This isn't like when does the millennium begin if there was no "year zero". Anyone 90 to 99 is a nonagenarian. https://www.google.com/search?q=nonagenarian&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Yeah but is it any contest between "the most beautiful man in the world" and Mick, who on his best days is ... shall we say an acquired taste?

So it really seems as though my efforts to shed light on Percy France's music and career thru social media, youtube and here are paying dividends. I've learned that the NY Jazz Record, a free monthly publication that also appears online, sent out an email blast to their freelance writers soliciting, among other topics, a Lest We Forget piece about Percy. And it's for the August issue, which would mean it would coincide with Percy's birth month. Too cool for words. I am working on my own submission and hoping there may be someone here with knowledge of how they operate? Maybe @Clifford_Thornton?

Reply from the poster: 1978 or 79 was a while ago. But that was right at the time he actually was not touring doing at best one concert a year and was surviving on Walk ons and bar gigs. Muddy and Albert managed to keep their bands with them, which was made BB really stand out. Heck James Brown as playing bars around that time was scheduled to do two shows with him one in a bar in Minot North Dakota that he skipped out of after a show at the Cabooze a bar in Minneapolis. Not really something you dwell on in an autobiography is it. It is a brutal business that he regained standing is a testament Comments? I am pretty sure that from the time he got away from the Biharis and specifically after "Thrill is Gone" he had not only commercial success but management that made him a wealthy man. Or just check out this: https://www.setlist.fm/stats/concert-map/bb-king-2bd698fe.html?year=1978 yes there are some bars like the Bottom Line in NYC.

Dude clearly implies bar with local group backing him, not the BB King Blues Band. Plus he said BB showed up late. And WTF is calling "three bar blues"? Googling it, it appears to be a song from around 2020? I am pretty sure this is mentioned in BB's autobiography, actually. It wasn't a secret. Later on he'd pay education expenses for band member kids, IIRC.

I ran into a comment on a youtube video that made no sense to me. I'll just quote it all: Jude Dornisch 5 hours ago I had the great good fortune to actually run lights and sound for BB for several shows. These where straight up bar shows with just him and whatever band was scheduled to open and support him. Four different bars, four different band one awesome show regardless. Let me tell you those backing bands never sounded as good he just brought the peak out of them. Just a total pro. The first night he was late and said exactly four words to me, monitor, kick base and vocal. Sat down turned to the band said three bar blues on one and just went off, let the band settle and that was all he needed to get into it. Lucile was singing from then on. Did some shows with Muddy and Albert but with what BB had to work with it was transcendent. The Pros are truly Pros ************************** My question to the board members: When did BB King ever tour as a single in bars? Maybe the 50s because I think at one point he had to disband the group he had in the bus - there was an accident or something? Certainly post-The Thrill is Gone he achieved a level of commercial success that he didn't need to go into a bar and perform with a pickup band. For that matter I don't even think that Muddy or Albert King did so either (Albert drove the tour bus himself, IIRC). If the guy had said it was Lowell Fulson I would totally believe it, because that is how he rolled, and in the 2000s there have been recordings released of some of those shows with no-name or barely-a-name bands. (BTW I don't recommend the most recent Lowell Fulson live recording available on Amazon - the backing group guitarist sounds a lot more like a rocker than a blues man and seriously detracts from the songs.) So I've tried not to be too obnoxious to this guy but I did challenge him in a reply and I am wondering what the board thinks/knows. Thanks.

This looks good, thank you for posting.

They took them very seriously (I assume) in the 60s because they SOLD. So there's an element of supply effecting that presumed decision to put their records in the dollar bin. (Not to mention that selling leads to playing - a lot, if thought of as Ramsey Lewis "party" albums - and perhaps less than pristine condition, so there's that, too.)

Well I am a day or two late (I was in Naples visiting Mom) but it's now one year since www.percyfrance.info launched, and I have some stats to share. In one year's time the site had: 923 unique sessions from 639 unique visitors. Most were from the US (568 sessions), and the UK (98). Visitors came from a total of 32 countries. Traffic sources were 483 direct, Google 190, Facebook 88, Organissimo 45 and Marc Myers Jazzwax, 35 and many others of less consequence. Average Duration per visit was 8 minutes, and there was a bounce rate of 42% ("hit" on one page, and left site immediately after). Regarding bounce rates: Non-profit sites average a 60-70% bounce rate. 41-55% is considered "good" and the site very nearly beat the bottom range of "good". So - yay. But - that bounce rate left me wondering about its impact on length of average session. I calculated an approximate time of 20 seconds per bouncer, and recalibrated time spent for what I call "engaged" visitors. Their average time is 13:35 spent on the site per visit. I think that's very very good.

And Rafa has 2 Wimbledons only and hasn't even made the final in 11 years. (And btw, if Borg played as long as Rafa has, Rafa would still be chasing him for French wins, and of course be trailing on Wimbledon titles, to boot.) Facts: Djokovich is the better all-court player. Roger has problems on clay, Rafa on grass. Djokovich is dangerous everywhere. And for the record, my rooting interest is: Roger > Rafa, and Djokovich under no circumstances ever. But I do recognize facts.

Three days to the one year anniversary since the launch of www.percyfrance.info ... Percy France left the Bill Doggett group before "Honky Tonk" was recorded (and Clifford Scott became "Mr. Honky Tonk") but he always told friends that it was played first while he was with the group and that he had a hand in the composition. Later he would name one of his groups "Honky Tonk Part 3" and when he toured Europe with the Oliver Jackson Trio in the winter of 1982 and 1983, "Honky Tonk" was one of his features. This is a great 'soundboard' recording.

No question its a great resource. I do imagine you can sample a lot of older LPs on ebay as well but the archive is a great source too. There are many radio concert broadcasts as well. Someday, I hope to stare in shock when I find someone has posted Betty Mays 1949 recording, Abbey 3007 - Until The Real Thing Comes Along / The Nearness of You, as that is the last (and also the first) Percy France recording I am lacking. Edit to add: Welcome!

Neither do I but in 2004 this was a chance to see Tina Brooks and youtube hadn't even launched yet.

This isn't exactly new. Live in Brazil came out in 2004 and is super cheap for anyone who didn't buy it then: https://www.discogs.com/master/875051-Ray-Charles-%C3%94-Genio-Live-In-Brazil-1963

In 1942 Percy France was a 13 year old clarinetist. Then he heard the Earl Hines Orchestra recording of "Second Balcony Jump" featuring Budd Johnson's arrangement and tenor sax solo. Percy went out and bought himself a tenor sax with his own money. Forty years later in March 1982 in Switzerland, Percy France was joined onstage by his first tenor inspiration, Budd Johnson (and the Oliver Jackson Trio). The first tune of the first night concert? "Second Balcony Jump".

Stupidity resumes ... Tampa ->Ybor City -> next stop should be Plant City but no, somehow up to Tallahassee and all in the course of two hours. ( And it's a 5 hour drive to Tallahassee from here, so did it fly?) Wonder if it will show Out for Delivery in Tallahassee soon. And BTW this wasn't a cheap purchase, I really wanted this CD and got the seller down to $35 on eBay. If it disappears that will be infuriating. And while this isn't USPS fault, I have another box from a discogs seller who took ten days to "find" my purchases, then an additional three days to 'create the label' and now three days after that, USPS is still waiting for the package. About to give those asshats a serious sense of what I think of them.

Sad news ... he was on a lot of really fine recordings led by Junior Cook, Bill Hardman and of course Barry Harris. Plus Allen tells me that he put together a unique Percy France Trio: Percy, Bob Neloms and Leroy Williams, that played a decent bit at the West End. Wish I had a recording of that.

Yes the entire group from the album.

Seems like the right place to post this: I came across Bill Dowdy's son on Facebook and he just informed me that his dad used to tell him about the time that the boys from Blue Hour appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I am not convinced that this was the case, or perhaps they appeared when Jack Paar still hosted? The album was recorded in 1960 and Billboard published a review in March 1961. Carson didn't take over until 1962. I guess it could have still been a hit that much later? Or he said it was Carson when it was Paar. I don't think that Dowdy would lie about being on the Tonight Show and that's good enough for me.

Thank you for posting this. (And may I say, they didn't need the super short continuation. That paragraph about the no-name "cutting" contest begs for a trim.) I think this demonstrates that at the time, Hank was not homeless. But I believe the reports were that he was "sometimes homeless."

Big John Patton on piano with Percy France, Leonard Gaskin, Wes Anderson

That was the moment I said "this is a garbage movie, disgusting for disgusting's sake." Liotta's breakthrough in Something Wild was extremely impressive, IMO. But I am a little biased, it was filmed partially in Tallahassee when I was an undergrad, and I remember watching it in a theater, and the audience reaction to the first recognizable Tallahassee location (the restaurant where he runs out on the check). Plus a favorite Poli-Sci professor, Glenn Parker, was an extra in the reunion scene - very visible in a theater, on a TV not so much. Simple fact is Liotta had charisma and screen presence to spare, right from the start.

A search for "Hank Mobley" on newspapers.com last June found adverts or club listings in 1980, 1981,1983 and 1986, in the NY Daily News, Philly Daily News and Philly Enquirer.