Re: John's BLOG
I fully intended posting this as a new small talk thread or even in the general forum (as it is of relevance to Gordon's near fatal 2002 "mechanical failure" but this cretinous dial up connection tries half heartedly to load up the post a new thread page( but it gets as far as showing the correct page title at the top then pisses around for ages then lyingly insists either that it is unable to display the page or the screen goes black and in the bottom left hand corner it claims "done" and I feel ruddy well done I can tell you. so as this thread will have a handy quick reply box I'll try it this way and a pox on dial up!!
As one who like our hero was keen on Jazz in my youth.
I am saddenned to read of the death of a venerable UK jazzman and radio broadcaster
"Humphrey Lyttelton, veteran broadcaster, dies aged 86
Known as "Humph", the jazz band leader, trumpet player and master of innuendo died following surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm after being admitted to Barnet General Hospital in north London on April 16."
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I guess he just wasn't as fit as Gord,we should again be mindful of our good fortune and particularly thankful that Dr Michael Marcaccio was on duty in Hamilton on that fateful night back on Sunday September 8th 2002
I am using that "stock" picture found by google image searching because the one I took backstage of the worthy doctor after the first benefit concert in Hamilton on November 2004 is 'locked up" on an external hard drive that my silly new computer system (yes I built it myself) unilaterally and suddenly insisted requires formatting which is utter nonsense
Somewhere I might still have the 45 of Humph's superb hit "Bad Penny Blues"
I was never bowled over by Humph because at he time I liked my jazz either trad(itional)(New Orleans ) style or modern
(like Gord I admired Dave Brubeck a lot) , but Humph was sort of neither one or the other to me so not really my cup of CHar(tea)
Bad Penny Blues
comment on youtube
"Bad Penny Blues is a trad jazz piece written by Humphrey Lyttelton and recorded with his band in London on April 20, 1956.
It was originally released as Parlophone ER 4184 and became a 'hit record' in Britain at the time.
It was the first British jazz record to get into the Top Twenty, and stayed there for six weeks."
BBC tribute
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"Sir" John Fowles Bt
Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum 
(where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!)
I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor
Last edited by johnfowles; 04-27-2008 at 09:07 PM.
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