tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post5343075733285044517..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Write It On A Twenty And Send It On UpSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-52329972634472369622013-01-23T23:22:54.496-05:002013-01-23T23:22:54.496-05:00Marc Myers of the "Jazzwax" website has ...Marc Myers of the "Jazzwax" website has been writing about musicians' musicians like Tedesco for several years now, to the point of seeking out the still-living and interviewing them. He's obviously oriented more towards jazz, but he's written about several members of the Wrecking Crew in jazz and pop contexts. <br /><br />All that Big Band music in the Swing era and thereafter added up to a ton of musicians, and where you may have known the leader's name, most of the band members were an ever-changing nameless roster, so far as most fans were concerned.<br /><br />http://www.jazzwax.com/<br />T.K. Tortchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00553301766027577975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-75551515970620814432013-01-23T11:57:40.628-05:002013-01-23T11:57:40.628-05:00Tom is a member of the WNY diaspora and the docume...Tom is a member of the WNY diaspora and the documentary previewed in Buffalo a few years ago.<br />It is a shame that, save for a few, most folks won't know of his work.<br /><br />The Wrecking Crew and the Funk Brothers documentaries should be required viewing.<br /><br />Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124619439524105169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-14301642586996935552013-01-23T01:19:38.696-05:002013-01-23T01:19:38.696-05:00Madame Wong's?
DMadame Wong's?<br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-77595399918498062222013-01-22T20:40:29.231-05:002013-01-22T20:40:29.231-05:00"If you have a request, write it on a twenty ..."If you have a request, write it on a twenty and send it on up." <br /><br />Lesson for the boys, surely?Bilejoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426920337506809987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-4638186947546384902013-01-22T16:59:13.804-05:002013-01-22T16:59:13.804-05:00You say Frank de Vol, I say I remember that name. ...You say Frank de Vol, I say I remember that name. Not the guy who had it, though. The name was big enough to be said many times when I could hear it.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-52699404382164580342013-01-22T11:31:53.368-05:002013-01-22T11:31:53.368-05:00The wife and I were watching some utterly forgetta...The wife and I were watching some utterly forgettable mid-40's screwball comedy, nobody famous (today) in it, but it was good Sunday afternoon fodder. As we do, we kept saying: that person looks familiar, what were they in.<br /><br />Bless The IMDB, we looked them up, as we do. I think the average movies in that group of 1st and 2nd lead players was over a hundred.<br /><br />I bet the did the whole movie in a week, no more than two takes on anything.<br /><br />-XC<br /><br />PS - Loved "America Tonite" and "Fernwood Tonite" back in the day when you had to hold the UHF antenna while watching the show on a 6" B&W tv. <br /><br />PPS - Remember "Love American Style?"Expat(ish)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14735123290866640101noreply@blogger.com