CHAUNCEY EARL MOREHOUSE 1923 Passport Photo. He went to England with Paul Specht's Orch. My favorite drummer.
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Chauncey was 21 years old. On the right is another page from his passport. The name of the booker in England is J. Lyons. Remember the name of the promoter of the New England Tour on the bus banner?
One of the hottest bands around! Bix used to sit in with them whenever he could.
JUNE 1928. Frank Black is playing Bix's "IN A MIST" on the radio, and he has it arranged for Piano AND Orchestra!
The Paul Whitman Of Colored Orchestras. The guy with the radio show. Peyton did have a hot band! And he played a big part of a story about Bix! It will be in the book.
The clipping above is about Rex Stewart from back in 1941. Bix and Rex were a lot closer friends than most people know, according to Louis Metcalf. Bix really made his mark on Rex, and he never got over it!
Hawkins was OK, but he was no Art Hazzard.Art spoke with a heavy mute.
Aw, C'mon Russ! Give us a break here! It's not funny anymore. OK, I'm wrong. "Fussy" Ferrer is funny. But you're so full of it that you have to flush twice.
How many guys have a photo of their horn on their passport?
Russ Morgan was on that England Tour with Chauncey for Paul Specht. While he was there, he introduced drinking tea to the British.
Saint Bix! Harry was a great player and a big fan of Bix! Also, a fellow Scotch drinker. We had a few great "all nighters" years ago. Just a beautiful guy! His band loved him.
Nice stories Dorothy. Say! Didn't they knock you off over the Kennedy thing? Hmm. Yeah! They did! No wonder.
What's that you said? Ol' Kazoo Lips has got 99 cent downloads? Man, that's just wonderful! I'll check it out. But right now I'm in the middle of a download myself, Pops. That Swiss Kriss is like running a street sweeper through your system...
