It's all about the hunt, isn't it?
Here are the conflicting lineups for Gunn's band:
Jimmie Gunn p, dir / 'Slats' tb / Skeets Tolbert as / Otis
Hicks ts / g / Harry Prather b / d / David Pugh, Sam Jennings v.
or
Jimmie Gunn dir / Dave Pugh t, v / Charles Daniels, Herman
Franklin t / John Orange tb / Robert Griffin, James Berry as / Otis Hicks ts /
William Shavers p / Alton Harrington g /
Sam Hinton bb / Harry Prather sb / Raymond Mason d / Sam Jennings v.
Recorded at the Southern Radio Corporation's 2nd floor
warehouse in Charlotte on June 18, 1936 .
The flipside is from former Coon-Sanders' trumpeter, Bob Pope.
Bob Pope ldr, t / Howard Gaffney, Tommy Hatcher t / Howard
Gibeling tb / Sonny Thorpe, Vic Christenson as / J.V. Johnson, Nolan Canova ts
/ Mac McGowan p / Fowler Hays sb / Johnny Blowers d.
Recorded in Charlotte on June 21, 1936 .
I am Sonny Thorpe's oldest daughter, Mary Thorpe McGowan, age 74. What a thrill to hear my dad on the Bob Pope and his Orchestra recording of " Madhouse". If you come up with any other recordings that have my dad on it I would love to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteMany Thanks.
Mary Thorpe McGowan maryt.mcg@aol.com
The link doesn't work
ReplyDeletePlease can you send me the mp3 files of this 78rpm?
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