A wonderful player. Killer clarinet as well!
He and his brother Emilio did a wonderful album (short but very sweet) on I think Audiophile and G. H. Buck could and probably will but hasn't yet put this out on cd. But that's about it as a "leader" I guess.
I love his work with the Condonites. . . ah I just love his work period.
A friend/acquaintance of mine used to know him when he (the friend) was a child; his (the friend's) father was a piano player and band leader and he and Ernie and his brother knew each other well from being mainstays bands in the territory (the Caceres bros. were from San Antonio, Mel Winters Sr., my friend's dad, was an Austinite).
Yes, I knew the song titles predated the war. . . . But that doesn't exclude the nickname from referencing the vehicle, though I agree, it's unlikely!
Alan, it's possible that the Segal character was the inspiration!
Yeah, I know that was his nickname. . . .
The announcer on one part of Volume 11 introduces this as a song dedicated to the military vehicle; I was just wondering which came first, the song or the nickname. . . .
Well, you don't have to flip sides or change speeds.
Sounds really really good though. . . better than the vinyl I think (from comparisons to a tape of the vinyl).
Totally cool stuff! Will make you want to hear more Dash! And some excellent Hawkins. Those are just highlights of a very top notch box!
My favorite of the in print sets may be. . . the Berigan. . . this week.
I wouldn't call myself a Riddle-r, a fan. I woulds say that the MPS cds will sound great; I have the new Clarke Boland Big Band MPS cds and they sound fantastic.
Okay, I think I lived at 1685 Somerset. . . so the Rooster would have been in that block. But I'm not positive; I can rememer the phone number exactly, but have less confidence in the street address. People on our street used to either sell parking spaces for ballgames, or block off with cones their own spaces so they weren't taken by visitors to the stadium.
When I was there it was not a nice neighborhood. Haven't been back since a drive through about 1972.
I've gotten nearly every one of mine from cduniverse at sale/preorder price of about 21 dollars per volume. . . .
That's hard to beat. The cduniverse regular price should be good as well.
So far I've listened to the fist disc four times, haven't moved on to the second one yet! Sound on the Treasury Show itself is very good; the sound on the following "filler" show is less good (the source is not as great quality) but acceptable. Remastering by Jack Towers, which is always a good thing. . .
Well, a matter of blocks away from the site of the old Connie Mack Stadium.
It was on (I am not sure I am spelling this right; I was eleven when I left there in 1966) Sommerset St. or Ave.
I love the material on Commodore. . . . Have never heard the Arcadia; only lps of theirs I've ever seen is the Jimmy's Joys . . . (another Texas band).
I wish there were more Peck Kelly; he seemed an amazing musician that I'd love to hear more of! Would be great to have some "Bad Boys" recordings!