Sunday, 8/15/10
by musicclipoftheday
three takes
“Milky White Way”
The Trumpeteers (1947, Baltimore)
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Elvis Presley (1960, Nashville)
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The Trumpeteers, live (TV broadcast, with “I John Saw the Number”), 1960s
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lagniappe
all roads lead (on Friday, anyway) to Bay City, Michigan
Friday morning: I post ? and the Mysterians’ “96 Tears,” which was recorded in 1966 in, yep, Bay City, a town of about 35,000 on Lake Huron that also gave the world Madonna (she was born there) and the Bay City Rollers their name (the first dart landed on Arkansas but “Arkansas Rollers” lacked pizazz).
Friday afternoon: I stop by a book fair in Chicago, where I buy one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever seen—a rare one by a favorite poet (William Bronk, Careless Love And Its Apostrophes, Red Ozier Press, 1985, limited edition [175 copies])—from a dealer (Jett W. Whitehead) based in, where else, Bay City.
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Thanks for a shout-out about the sweet Bronk book. Ken Botnick, my partner at Red Ozier Press, his girlfriend Karen, and I went to visit William in his old Victorian childhood home during the making of this book. He surprised us the next morning with delicious scones he made on the wood burning kitchen stove. He was an amazing human being.
What a great site, Richard . . . and a fine surprise to see Bay City and our book dealership featured. Also very cool that Steve Miller checked in with his notes of Red Ozier Press and William Bronk. I’ll be sharing your site with a few friends.