tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6100854883581054455.post7225487591348147276..comments2024-03-21T13:25:32.848-07:00Comments on Cryptical Developments: Dixieland Jazz in San Franciscocryptdevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944617292210813801noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6100854883581054455.post-52804914258781441202024-03-21T13:12:29.269-07:002024-03-21T13:12:29.269-07:00I was a fan of Turk Murphy early on. I collected a...I was a fan of Turk Murphy early on. I collected all of his LPs. I got to see him twice at Earthquake McGoon's. Someone told me he hated getting requests for overdone Dixieland tunes, like "The Saints Go Marching In." On one night there I requested "Old Square Face," a ditty about the old devil gin and it's a squared-off bottle. He played it slowly with subtle enthusiasm. He was a true student of the Dixieland art. Ndewsboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6100854883581054455.post-14469570392977879742013-05-01T10:40:41.626-07:002013-05-01T10:40:41.626-07:00Michael - that time we heard Turk Murphey at the W...Michael - that time we heard Turk Murphey at the William Tell was my birthday! We had tried once to go in "as a family" at their Broadway location and were told about the new location, and that food would be served, and minors welcome. Great unforgettable evening. <br /><br />BP (your brother)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6100854883581054455.post-62513941774723024792010-12-22T18:11:11.768-08:002010-12-22T18:11:11.768-08:00Eric:
Thanks for your comments (and sorry for my ...Eric:<br /><br />Thanks for your comments (and sorry for my tardy reply). In the early '60s, Dixieland jazz, and Earthquake Mcgoon's, were nearly as important in the San Francisco music scene as the Dead, Airplane, and the Fillmore were a few years later. It's really great that the Bay Area has served as a home for so many different kinds of roots-based music over the years.cryptdevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944617292210813801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6100854883581054455.post-29458852550059877722010-12-10T06:52:21.204-08:002010-12-10T06:52:21.204-08:00Michael
Thanks for the memories. My dad was an am...Michael<br />Thanks for the memories. My dad was an amateur dixieland trombonist. As a kid,when we visited SF, we saw Turk Murphy somewhere near North Beach....along with sticking our head in a coffee hangout where beatniks were reading poetry.<br /> Its all a bit mysterious and hazy...but Dixie jazz was my entree into music, followed by first folk and then rock n roll.<br />EricUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646056357310969799noreply@blogger.com