Ory was a banjo player during his youth, and it is said that his ability to play the banjo helped him develop “tailgate”, a particular style of playing the trombone with a rhythmic line underneath the trumpets and cornets.
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To be out of step with the zeitgeist
If zeitgeist be the spirit of the age, then in male terms, I and many other males – but by no means a majority – are out of step. The zeitgeist I’d say today is female driven – they control…
Every blogger worth his salt …
… inflicts Friday music upon you. Quiz tomorrow if I can think of anything – why don’t you send seven questions? Meanwhile:
Tryin’ to be Real Real Bad – the road to metal
How vastly different we are in tastes and there were two scenes I recall where this came through strongly, one of them I wrote about years ago: Scene was the ex-gf, my mate and I at my birthday party for…
Welcome to our future
That song reminds me of an-outspoken-cutie in the States just now who may well be our future. Devo for the species in real time?
Wagner
Right, I promised I’d try to get into a bit of Wagner and a bit of metal too sometime, so this evening – Tuesday seems appropriate – let’s try some Dicky Wag, do tell what you think: