Re: Dateline Adler

[Bobbie Giordano <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 Jun 1995, Douglas Tate wrote:
> Bobbie G should have been born Irish, the Blarney oozes out like thick maple
> syrup.  (I love it, I love it, thanks 8>]  )

Well, meebe I shood be a-takin' abitter oh-fens at these words oh-va Brit.  
As it happens, I have abitter the blood oh the Irish a-coursin' thru me 
veins.  But also Scottish, English, French, Russian, German, Lithuanian, 
Czechoslovakian, and Creek and Cherokee Native American blood.  The Italian
I married.  My poor kid's even more a mutt than me!

As for Adler, the TV program was typical of the genre in giving only a few 
snippets of his music, mostly showtunes, but I noticed he hardly seemed to 
cup his hands at all, often playing VERY open-handed, holding the instrument 
with just thumb and forefinger at times, as the right hand lightly worked 
the slide.  He's quite an animated player, too.  I take it this album of 
Gershwin music is in the format used by some "older" musicians these days 
[e.g., Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett,] performing and/or recording with known 
younger performers, such as Bon Jovi and Cher. 

I guess I just wonder how much Douglas had to do with protecting him from the 
long arm of Joe McCarthy and the UnAmerican Activities Committee.  Hmmm...\;)

 (: Bobbie :)                                          *Harp Spoken Here*

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