indigo Posted April 4, 2005 Report Posted April 4, 2005 who's Che? In all seriousness, that's the most intriguing question about this whole affair. He? She? It? They? "Why?" (apart from the obvious need for attention) is probably beyond knowing. . . even by che.
GregK Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 who's Che? as stated many (unbelievably!!) pages ago, he's Andy D
Chuck Nessa Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 who's Che? as stated many (unbelievably!!) pages ago, he's Andy D He's Jingles? I thought he died decades ago. B-)
Chuck Nessa Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 Not many here (any?) here old enough to get my previous post.
Guest Chaney Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 Not many here (any?) here old enough to get my previous post. While not NEARLY as old as you are...
indigo Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 Not many here (any?) here old enough to get my previous post. Old enough that it took some minutes of ransacking my memory to retrieve "Devine." I'm not sure opening that cabinet in the brain was such a good idea -- images of Two-Ton Baker and Garfield Goose came flying out.
Chuck Nessa Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 I'm not sure opening that cabinet in the brain was such a good idea -- images of Two-Ton Baker and Garfield Goose came flying out. Mention of Two-Ton Baker brings back memories of an Ellington "master class" in Madison during the early '70s. Duke spotted Mr Baker in the audience and invited him onstage. Baker waddled to the lip of the stage and rolled onto it. Duke had to help him to his feet. It was one of the most uncomfortable spectacles I've witnessed.
indigo Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 Sad story, Chuck. Being a kid at the time, I wasn't aware of the man outside of "Lunchtime Little Theater." I certainly wouldn't have connected him with Ellington, then or later, in the 70s.
Chuck Nessa Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 (edited) They seemed to be old friends. I think Duke introduced him as "the great Two-Ton Baker, ladies and gentlemen". Edited April 5, 2005 by Chuck Nessa
Larry Kart Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 Two-Ton Baker info can be found here: http://twotonbaker.com/ As I recall (but I was pretty young at the time) he played piano on his TV show in a kind of arch, Chico Marx bag but with some hints that he knew his boogie woogie.
JSngry Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 http://twotonbaker.com/2ton/music/mp3s/m-960-dancers.mp3
JSngry Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 TwoTon & Duke: http://twotonbaker.com/2ton/bio/bio3.htm
Use3D Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 This thread seems to have run its course and is now something entirely different. Perhaps it should sleep now.
indigo Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 Wow! I remember his banging out "It's lunchtime now, we'll show you show your lunchtime can be lots of fun . . ." He was obviously quite at ease at the keyboard, but I had no idea he had a career in music. Thanks, guys, for filling me in.
Chuck Nessa Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 This thread seems to have run its course and is now something entirely different. Perhaps it should sleep now. Thread "meander" is fine, and this one is interesting to some of us.
AfricaBrass Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 This thread seems to have run its course and is now something entirely different. Perhaps it should sleep now. Thread "meander" is fine, and this one is interesting to some of us. I love thread meander! Half the time it's more interesting than the original thread IMO.
indigo Posted April 5, 2005 Report Posted April 5, 2005 This thread seems to have run its course and is now something entirely different. And that's wonderful, considering where it started. Coming full circle back to the music seems ideal.
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