Comments on: Blues Bytes – Carr Tunes 12.07.12

By: revbilly

revbilly — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:09:23 +0000

Hi Marty!
Nice hearing from you. Are you off your meds again?

By: revbilly

revbilly — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:08:08 +0000

Thanks so very much. The pleasure is all mine, it’s easy when you love the subject as much as we do.

By: revbilly

revbilly — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:05:42 +0000

Point taken on the crooner, actually, I had to trim this column, and in the original draft, I mention that very fact, along with his songs that might be considered children’s tunes like “Carried Water For the Elephant.” What I find interesting (and sad) is the gap between his importance to music in general, and his lack of recognition. Again, Wald makes some good points about that in his book.
Great minds.. I had also sent Chip a correction on Scatman’s name,apparently it was changed somewhere along the way.

By: revbilly

revbilly — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:58:31 +0000

I’m sure you’re aware that you mention of the Garbage Man song has deep personal significance.

By: Marty Gunther

Marty Gunther — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:46:52 +0000

I wonder if the professor knew the jovial, heavy-set Asian woman who also sang along — out of register soprano — to any song she liked.

Maybe they hooked up later in life!

By: Bluesdoug

Bluesdoug — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:13:02 +0000

Another timeless piece from a master story teller. Man, your personal touch to each story makes every Blues Revue a welcome titles in my inbox. Long may you run.

By: Bob Porter

Bob Porter — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:36:41 +0000

I wonder if Carr might be the start of Urban Blues. He was from Indy-played piano, not guitar and had a voice that had a bit of the crooner in him. My favorite of his is “Prison Bound”.

My favorite “How Long Blues” is by Big Joe Turner from BOSS OF THE BLUES on Atlantic.

I’d always seen Scatman’s last name spelled CROTHERS and Dale McCoury’s first name as Del.

By: vernard

vernard — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:09:49 +0000

Thanks for mentioning Scatman, hadn’t thought about him in years. He used to make occasional appearances on the TV show “Chico and the Man”, playing a garbage man. He would announce his arrival by singing, “Stick out your can, here comes the garbage man!”

Never heard Carr’s version of “How Long” but will now go seek it out. Ray’s version with Milt Jackson has always been my favorite, despite the somewhat tentative playing of Skeeter Best on guitar.