'Down By The Riverside' is a great example of Dixieland. Reminds me of a theme bar that used to be on Yonge Street in Toronto, with four different rooms each themed after a certain concept, and one was a Dixieland jazz spot where the music was always hot and lively, and the gals were always cute, and the booze was always the best.
What the heck's a guy from up there in the far north (well, almost) listening to and enjoying Dixieland music. That's for ussmm' southerns... :-)
ReplyDeleteMay I only say that I've loved Dixieland ever since I discovered Al Hirt and Pete Fountain and good Bourbon and Branch Water over ice....
ReplyDeleteIt sure beats the local Chicken-pluckers on fiddles and banjos, I must say. Check out Clarinet Marmalade or Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans sometime.
Al Hirt and Pete Fountain, may they live long and prosper..
ReplyDeleteGreat musicians.