Sivad !!!
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Re: Sivad !!!
Sivad in full Dracula garb with the Memphis accent is great.
When can we tune in to the Regrebsnamlles show?
When can we tune in to the Regrebsnamlles show?
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It's more of a central Arkansas accent (he and his people were from central Arkansas - yet distorted with fangs, and he moved back there after retirement) than a Memphis accent (NOT denying that there is a "Memphis accent").
Watson Davis' brother was John ("Johnny") Davis. Johnny was a really fine jazz trumpet player who could play dixieland, straight-ahead jazz, big-band lead, and specialized in (although it wasn't marketable for all that long) bebop.
I played quite a few gigs with Johnny. At one gig, a trombone player was the bandleader, they called up the first tune, Johnny did not like that tune, Johnny immediately interrupted, stating, "That tune SUCKS. We're going to play FOUR in E-flat. 1..2...1, 2, 3 ta-da-dot...etc."
All the local musicians (including Johnny) used to tell me that he was Fred Smith's (FedEx founder) father-in-law, but I've never seen any evidence that is true.
"Four" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z23C9w0mUXw
...not patronizing...but quite a few people here are young, are not bassists, and have never played any bebop.
more:
Here is the weekly opening to the local/Sivad-hosted "Fantastic Features" (Memphis ABC affiliate...the "budget" channel, at that time)
The music is stolen from Leigh Stevens' score from the 1950 sci-fi film "Destination Moon".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QgwgDvq3t4
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@tofu Svengoolie has gone national...He's a major part figure on a set of TV channels (network?) called METV.
He has an old guy (Doug Scharf) and his daughter (Natalie Scharf) who (respectively) play jazz piano and tenor sax on the show (often, now always). He uses them to accompany him when he makes up dumb lyrics to familiar songs to summarize the plots of the B-C grade horror movies he shows (during "intermission").
He has an old guy (Doug Scharf) and his daughter (Natalie Scharf) who (respectively) play jazz piano and tenor sax on the show (often, now always). He uses them to accompany him when he makes up dumb lyrics to familiar songs to summarize the plots of the B-C grade horror movies he shows (during "intermission").