Midweek morn (done)

0753 … items 8 to 13 … 1739.

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13. Have a lovely lunch

12. Saw this, can’t say where from

    … might be something, maybe not …

11. Mike Benz

10. DAD has sent this clip

    … adding: “I cannot see NF leading us out of this situation - who then?”

This was one of the comments:

9. The enigma of Tuba Skinny

… from Nu Orlins, also known as NOLA. They were essentially imports from elsewhere, drawn by the street scene … and the street (in a good way) has been their sustenance.

For example, in that scene (not actually running that song just now as there are six others, in two lots of three) … the reliance of TS on the people around, on their leader Shaye, on all sorts of vibrant things … is never so apparent as when someone plonks a toddler in her line of sight … she goes all clucky, as do the ladies in the crowd … it lifts her playing to another level … which lifts the band, which lifts the surrounding people … which gets some of them dancing … you get the idea.

It’s the interactive thing most of the time but sometimes, not many around, people indifferent, they can be flat, even off key … that in itself is dynamic.

YT, in their graciousness, dumped seven good TSs on me, inc. ones not heard much at N.O., if at all. And they’re pretty darned good. I sorted them into three today, three next Sunday.

Then YT dropped another four and you know what … those four were like just another street band without their act fully together. A very up and down band, TS.

The first number here was a bit different … the little kid was out of Shaye’s line of sight, they lose steam halfway, the kid wanders off … with TS, there’s always something going on … I also prefer when the guy sings in that gravelly way:

Jabbo Smith played the next one in 1929 … he was from Georgia, went NY way, Shaye Cohn is from Boston. This slower set piece reminds me of NOLA or at least the south in its style:

And a nice one to finish with:

8. Another roundup