Dad is the dark, cool guy at the wheel
For some reason (being male for starters?), my Dad didn't really share much of his past. The stories that did make it out almost make you understand why.
Anyway, in addition to the many things he did one of them was musician, specifically drums. When I was a kid, everyone had record players that could easily play records recorded at 16, 33 1/3, 45 and 78. Not today. USB turntables only spin at the common 33 and 45 speeds so when I uncovered the only existing copy of the time my Dad and a bunch of his friends purchased time in a recording studio I had to find a way to digitize it. Thankfully, my Mom gave me an old console stereo that plays at 78 so I set the needle down and here, for your listening pleasure is the song Melancholy baby. By the way, it's an a capella version with Dad providing the scat singing and drums (brushes, really).
Crazy cool!!
ReplyDeleteI know, right! Gonna give Jack the uncompressed version. Maybe he'll be able to clean up the audio at his work.
ReplyDeleteI found I got into the tune by just letting the song lead into the ensemble. & I like his smooth, Bing C.like style
ReplyDeleteJust listened to the blip. You're totally right, spot-on Bing Crosby.
ReplyDeleteThere's a side b that skipped when I tried to record it. I will figure it out and have more to post. The b side is more Spike Jones. Heelarious.
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