There's nothing that defines pure entertainment like the banjo....at least David Letterman thinks so-but the carry-on spirit that characerizes the British lives in George Formby.From CD007 at http://mcproductions .shawbiz.ca
This is an historic recording of the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London,Endland.Recor ded by H.M.V. in 1928 with massed choral singing of Abide With Me (Lyte-Monk), followed by The Last Post.......an emotional snapshot from long ago-re-mastered on CD122 at http://mcproductions .shawbiz.ca
Early electric guitar played by Trevor Bacon William Scott-Archie Johnson-Nelson Bryant-t,George Stevenson-Donald Cole-Eli Ribinson-tb,Billy Bowen-George James-as,Buster Bailey-cl-ts,Staffor d Simon-ts,Ernest Purce-bs,Bill Doggett-p,Abe Bolar-sb,Panama Francis-d,Lucky Millinder - v-ldr
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Offered from CD118 at http://mcproductions .shawbiz.ca There is a sweet gentleness in this recording that would have been impossible to record six years before.The delicacy would have been lost to an acoustic horn,but electrical recording came along
I have abridged this to fit. from CD221 at http:/mcproductions. shawbiz.ca .This was a live concert given at an open-air stage at the Peace Arch in Blain Washington.
Glen Gray's band was booked to play at Casa Loma in Toronto.It never happened-the name stuck,however. Pictured are Glen Gray, Pee Wee Hunt and Kenny Sargent, the latter two musicians and vocalists with the band.From CD054 at http://mcproductions .shawbiz.ca