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To: Arthur McGowan
Ten of my favorite songs from 1928
6 posted on 01/30/2015 8:30:04 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: Fiji Hill

I like Herb Wiedoeft too. His band has such a nice, lilting sound. Items like “Swing Along” and “Trianon.” I guess that was the style of the west coast bands. Always reminds me of the background music to the old Hal Roach shorts of the early-30s. Wiedoeft’s earlier (acoustic) version of “Cinderella Blues” from 1923 is a favorite of mine.

But isn’t Coon-Sanders “Sluefoot” from 1927? I used to make my own 90-minute cassette tapes for listening, devoted to individual years, and recall that one on my 1927 tape. Such a surreal recording. When I’ve played it for people, it always seems to flummox them. It’s just so quirky, and harshly vibrant, in a variety of ways.


7 posted on 01/31/2015 9:11:59 AM PST by greene66
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