From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V99 #12 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@interport.net bomp-digest Sunday, January 10 1999 Volume 99 : Number 012 It's another issue of bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or use the form at . The following subjects are included in this digest: Cavestomp... Jonathan Mills stuff Don Smith MAJOR GODZ ANNOUNCEMENT ONLINE NOW! "Ray Brazen" Re: 60s garage stuff Sylvain Kramer Cancellation Jeff Kopp Re: 60s quebec stuff Shocking truth revealed!!! Victor Re: Re: Soundtrack of our Lives ARei160287@aol.com Re: MAJOR GODZ ANNOUNCEMENT ONLINE NOW! ARei160287@aol.com The French say Ye Ye. Rmerchandz@aol.com Re: South Pittsburgh, Tennesse David Gary Brock Re: Sawney Bean released on own recognizance Moparlary@aol.com Greetings! Dirk Gently Re: Greetings! Rocky Serkowney ? and the Mysterians was Re: Hammond Sound Indulis R Rutks Re: 60s quebec stuff Shocking truth revealed!!! Maximum Leader Tom Walls Re: Hammond Sound Maximum Leader Tom Walls Re: 60's Quebec stuff Constantine Mekios Re: Hammond Sound "Allan Waite" Re: ? and the Mysterians was Re: Hammond Sound Jeff Kopp Re: cowabunga Hitomi I Re: 60's Quebec stuff Glynis & Richard Ward Claude Trenier and Keely Smith Don Smith Psychadelicatessen playlist spiney1@juno.com (k n) Re: Claude Trenier and Keely Smith "Allan Waite" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 15:29:02 +0000 From: Jonathan Mills Subject: Cavestomp... I'd have love to have gone. I haven't even visited the States yet, of course PJ Crit.. could afford to go. How much money did you make from the Wild Weekend, Paul. Prey tell? I'm sure it was a llot as the place was full to capacity... - -- Jon 'Mojo' Mills Shindig Magazine London, UK ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 10:52:35 -0500 From: Don Smith Subject: stuff > Thau was a partner in >Cameo-Parkway and Kent asks him about Question Mark. Thau says "The >reason he wore those shades all the time is because he was cross-eyed." > Can anyone confirm/deny this? I was very surprised when Question Mark took off his glasses to sign my record, he appeared quite normal. I mean, his eyes appeared quite normal. >and my Fave which happened last time, the running right >up to the chick as she touches the records "can I help you, do you know >what you are looking for????" reminds me of me & my sister shopping for Vox & Silvertone equipment when she was in high school & collected guitars. She would ask about a guitar and clerks would hand the guitars to me, except I'm quite tone deaf & cannot possible play such a thing. Don ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 09:21:48 PST From: "Ray Brazen" Subject: MAJOR GODZ ANNOUNCEMENT ONLINE NOW! Okay, Godz fans, today is the day of the BIG announcements I told you were coming a few days ago. I just finished posting them online, and mark my words, they're pretty major. Go to FIRST CHURCH OF THE GODZ at WWW.RAYBRAZEN.COM and click on the News button once you're there. Take a deep breath, and make sure you're sitting comfortably, and are as calm as you can be. Then, read the latest scoops, and proceed from there to indulge in the vice of your choice (should you have one) in loud, triumphant celebration...not only of the big news, but also of the fact that over 1,100 online Godz fans can't possibly be wrong! See ya online.... RAY BRAZEN - ---------------------------------------------------- WWW.RAYBRAZEN.COM is your one-stop link to..... EL MUNDO LOCO DE LOS DUG DUG'S and THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE GODZ! - ---------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 18:23:41 +0100 From: Sylvain Subject: Re: 60s garage stuff ... by the way, Vernon Joynson and Max Weller, from the " Fuzz Acid & Flowers" and "Tapestry Of Delights" books, are currently working on a book covering the 60s canadian scene, but also the aussie and kiwi scene. Should be out later this year. sylvain / Switzerland ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 11:54:16 -0500 From: Jeff Kopp Subject: Kramer Cancellation Hey Friends --   Sorry to report that Wayne Kramer has been stricken with pneumonia just as his tour was beginning.  All US dates have been CANCELLED.  Wayne and the band are returning to LA to recuperate.  Plans right now are to go ahead with European tour in February and re-schedule US dates for March.  We'll keep you posted.   Send Wayne your get-well wishes through his new website at: www.waynekramer.com   From your Brothers n Sisters at Future/Now Films fnfilms@enteract.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 13:22:06 -0500 From: Victor Subject: Re: 60s quebec stuff Shocking truth revealed!!! I have to be frank with you...Last night Mimi confessed her tricks to me totally out of catholic guilt and a few irish whiskies down the hatch! Yes indeed! It's still very 'actuelle'to do this in Quebec. This is a reanactment of her now famous technique: Now Bombettes and suave Bombers read carefully and please do not try this at home! First of all, Mimi makes extensive lists of all taverns in Montreal and then unsuspectively shows up on let's say free pork rinds night. The places are usually packed and crawling with men hungry for flesh and a little action to make them forget their hard day at work. She spots her victim: The men are always bachelors aged between 50 and 58:she's actually studied charts of what age group in 1966 had the biggest income devoted to record buying. After a bit of chit chat, where the men always talk about how her charming kitty beat girl look reminds them of some sixties italian actress or of some chick that used to strip at the local gogo club, Mimi doesn't even have to slip viagra in their pint, that the men already want to take the her back their appartments for a little... (please hum cool wah-wah solo with tight breakbeats). Once in the appartment, Mimi strips down to her shiny black garments and the men our immediately whacked on the head by Mimi's amazing kung fu twist! Boum! Bang! Shazam! She then immediately goes thru their record collection, carefully picking up the gems and flees the scene of the crime by the time it's takes you to say: Montezuma! Mimi also told me that reports from our local crime tabloid (Allo! Police!)state that men usually wake up a few hours later with a massive head wound wearing only smelly underwear and with teeth marks on their left thigh! And before I go any further I would like to take this opportunity to send out my deepest sympathies to the victims: Because the worst is yet to come after they realise that their record collection has been "raped" by a vinyl fiend. The men our not men anymore!!! I wish to stop my story here by respect for the victims that have to live day in and day out with this terrible tragedy! p.s. When mimi mentions that she's paid 6 or 15 dollars for an album, that's usually what the cab fare came up to from the victim's place to her pad. p.s.2 Beware Mimi is on the loose!!! She digs so much the latest volumes of Girls in The Garage! (The Asian one) and of Project Blue that she's planning to track down every karaoke bar from here to Vancouver to pick up some rare slabs of sushi beats!!! Any men fitting the category of the victims should beware. To tip you off I know she's been rehearsing in Japanese such hits as Spector's Be my baby! and Gainsbourg's Les sucettes. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 13:37:04 EST From: ARei160287@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: Soundtrack of our Lives I have a possibly naive question. What ddoes Ye Ye mean? It sounds really stupid. Ari ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 13:43:39 EST From: ARei160287@aol.com Subject: Re: MAJOR GODZ ANNOUNCEMENT ONLINE NOW! In a message dated 1/9/99 10:25:26 AM, you wrote: <> I tried to reach the site but get "keyword not found". As a Godz fan from way back, I'm hoping they are back together and playing somewhere I can see them. Do tell! Ari ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:02:19 EST From: Rmerchandz@aol.com Subject: The French say Ye Ye. <> Not a stupid question! During the early 60's, there were some French artists and bands that used the words "Ye Ye" in some of their tunes. "Ye Ye" became a label for a certain type of French bubblegum music, kind of like British "Beat." Baskerville Rob Does anyone know who was first to "Ye Ye"? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:36:56 -0600 From: David Gary Brock Subject: Re: South Pittsburgh, Tennesse - --On Tuesday, December 15, 1998, 4:18 PM -0500 "Germani, Greg " wrote: > > >BTW, Did you stop at the Opera House in South Pittsburgh, TN.? The > >guy that runs it rebuilds jukeboxes. He has (or had-I haven't been > >there in a while) a huge stock of old records. Most of them were > >under 5 bucks. At least a third are under one dollar. The shop is > >still there but I don't know if he still carries records. > > >Seeya, > >Kip > > Kip - I've never even heard of So. Pittsburgh, Tn. Sounds like a > place I really need to visit. Thanks for the tip!! > > Greg South Pittsburgh, TN is right off of I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga. I pass it everytime I return from Atlanta. The last time I was there, the guy had a huge stock of old records for CHEAP!! It's worth checking out, especially for the old country stuff... Dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 15:15:26 EST From: Moparlary@aol.com Subject: Re: Sawney Bean released on own recognizance After a long and protracted court battle, Sawney Bean will be allowed to play one show only in NYC this coming weekend. Under a compromise struck with the help of the United Nations and high ranking Guliani adminstration officials, Sawney Bean will be permitted to play one show at 9:30 at Brownies on Ave. A on Friday Jan. 15. Conditions of the order stipulate that the band is released into the custody of their new rhythem guitarist, Nancy Trudel, who has been issued a genuine Marlin Perkins dart gun, in case the lads get too frisky.. Come out and see who gets shot! Moparlary (driving the rental van, hope it's a Dodge) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 12:36:48 -0800 (PST) From: Dirk Gently Subject: Greetings! Hey all! Just subscribed to the list. It's great to find some like-minded people out there. Anyway, just wanted to say that I saw a great band the other night in Atlanta while visiting family that you Bompers might dig. They're called the King's English and they kicked ass! Ragin' 60's-style R&B with more than a hint of 60's punk thrown in for good measure. I think they destroyed everything on the stage. Their singer was a lunatic and I thought their drummer was a madman as well! The two of them walked through the club at one point while the singer carried the floor tom and the drummer played. They disappeared out the front door while the rest of the band played on! Damn fine show! There wasn't a weak link in the chain! Their bass player was tight, their rhythm guitarist/harp player blew his brains out and their lead guitarist played a mean fuzz guitar! I spoke to their drummer after the show but he seemed a bit out of it. Anyway, if any of you guys are from Atlanta and have a chance to catch these guys, do it! I could have done without that opening band though. They looked like a bunch of hippies and they played a Chambers Brothers' song for what seemed like an hour and a half. I liked their guitar player though. The only good one in the bunch. But the English were amazing! Does anyone on here know anything about 'em? I would like to try to find some vinyl or something. They kicked ass! Just my two cents worth.... Dirk _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 16:10:57 From: Rocky Serkowney Subject: Re: Greetings! Dirk, Almost all the band members are subscribers of this here list, but are usually too modest to self-promote a whole lot The lunatic singer is Richard Ward and King Richard used to be in a band called Thee Flypped Whiggs, who had one single on his own Charmkin label. Several of us Bompers who caught the English at Fuzzfest '98 would agree with your assessment and endorsement of their performance, although I have it on good authority (from someone else at the gig you saw) that they are becoming an even better and truly unforgettably wylde live act. No recordings yet as far as I know, but I'm sure the boys will inform us about that when it happens. Glad you dig e'm! Rocky. At 12:36 PM 1/9/99 -0800, you wrote: > >Hey all! > >Just subscribed to the list. It's great to find some like-minded >people out there. Anyway, just wanted to say that I saw a great band >the other night in Atlanta while visiting family that you Bompers >might dig. They're called the King's English and they kicked ass! >Ragin' 60's-style R&B with more than a hint of 60's punk thrown in for >good measure. I think they destroyed everything on the stage. Their >singer was a lunatic and I thought their drummer was a madman as well! >The two of them walked through the club at one point while the singer >carried the floor tom and the drummer played. They disappeared out the >front door while the rest of the band played on! Damn fine show! There >wasn't a weak link in the chain! Their bass player was tight, their >rhythm guitarist/harp player blew his brains out and their lead >guitarist played a mean fuzz guitar! I spoke to their drummer after >the show but he seemed a bit out of it. Anyway, if any of you guys are >from Atlanta and have a chance to catch these guys, do it! I could >have done without that opening band though. They looked like a bunch >of hippies and they played a Chambers Brothers' song for what seemed >like an hour and a half. I liked their guitar player though. The only >good one in the bunch. But the English were amazing! Does anyone on >here know anything about 'em? I would like to try to find some vinyl >or something. They kicked ass! Just my two cents worth.... > >Dirk > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:50:18 -0600 (CST) From: Indulis R Rutks Subject: ? and the Mysterians was Re: Hammond Sound On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Craig Carlson wrote: > If it's garage sounds you're after, you really want Vox Continental > organ (Country Joe & the Fish, ? and the Mysterians), I think. Speaking of ?, I was in a store today that was playing, according to the store owner, a newly recorded CD by ? and the Mysterians. It sounded really great. Forgive me if this CD has been discussed here before (I just signed up on the bomp list in the last coupla weeks). Can anyone give more info on this CD? - -Indy Rutks (rutks002@tc.umn.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 19:36:00 -0500 (EST) From: Maximum Leader Tom Walls Subject: Re: 60s quebec stuff Shocking truth revealed!!! That's the best true story I've read on here. I wonder if Mimi would mind if I revealed the secret of her success on her website. Tom Walls Visit the Claude Pepper Blues Explosion, Sick Dick and the Volkswagens, Allstar 69 and Mimi's "Dans le Garage" radio show at: http://www.afn.org/~afn62971 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 19:45:46 -0500 (EST) From: Maximum Leader Tom Walls Subject: Re: Hammond Sound On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Craig Carlson wrote: > > If it's Hammond Sound you want, then you should check out Jimmy Smith, > available on plenty of re-issues. A "greatest hits" with Got My Mojo > Workin' and Call Me is a good start. My favorite is "The Sermon" (Blue Note > 4011). If it's garage sounds you're after, you really want Vox Continental > organ (Country Joe & the Fish, ? and the Mysterians), I think. Say, what's the difference in sound between a Vox Continental and a Vox Jaguar? I know the Continental has a bunch of drawbars; instead the Jag has rocker switches and is somewhat simpler internally, but that's about it. I am thinking of purchasing one fairly soon. Can anyone give examples of different songs using either? And did the Mysterians originally use a Vox or a Farfie? Tom Walls http://www.afn.org/~afn62971 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 19:57:06 -0500 (EST) From: Constantine Mekios Subject: Re: 60's Quebec stuff Denis wrote: >But in the worldwide collectable market Les Lutins is worth >between 60$ and 100$ (US)....Besides I'd be very surprised that a store >would sell a MINT copy of les Lutins, even in Montreal, for 15$... Still, I got a nice copy of Les Lutins LP from Denis at the WFMU record fair for $25 (no girl was accompanying me but perhaps Denis thought of all those Nana Mouschouri records that I could get him from Greece...). Great record! Soon after I saw the reissue which has all the good stuff from the first LP and some songs from "In Orbit" as well. While in Athens I didn't find any good (!?) Nana Mouschouri or Demis Roussos records (with the exception of an Aphrodite's Child single with "Magic Mirror" on it!), I found out that a Les Miserables reissue is going to be out soon by No Tyme records from Italy (they did the "Let's Dig'em Up" comp.). Also, I heard that the Plastic Clouds LP will be reissued on vinyl by Gearfab (is that right? Anyway, I don't know if they qualify as I don't think they were from Quebec). What are the other Canadian reissues that are being planned? Late wishes for a happy new year to all! Dinos ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:50:32 -0800 From: "Allan Waite" Subject: Re: Hammond Sound >Say, what's the difference in sound between a Vox Continental and a Vox >Jaguar? I know the Continental has a bunch of drawbars; instead the Jag has >rocker switches and is somewhat simpler internally, but that's about it. I >am thinking of purchasing one fairly soon. My understanding is that the Farfisa used cheaper to build, less advanced circuitry, and sold for considerably less than a Vox Continental, which was supposedly superior in design. Vox later introduced its Jaguar as low priced Farfisa fighter. It had cheaper to build circuitry similar to that found in the Farfisa. I am told there is little noticeable difference in the sound between the two Vox organs. Allan Waite The "Hip" Hugger I am at one with my duality. Like crystal meth? join other amphetamine achievers and get your free email at: www.amphetaminechic.com - -----Original Message----- From: Maximum Leader Tom Walls To: bomp@xnet2.com Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 4:51 PM Subject: Re: Hammond Sound > >On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Craig Carlson wrote: > >> >> If it's Hammond Sound you want, then you should check out Jimmy Smith, >> available on plenty of re-issues. A "greatest hits" with Got My Mojo >> Workin' and Call Me is a good start. My favorite is "The Sermon" (Blue Note >> 4011). If it's garage sounds you're after, you really want Vox Continental >> organ (Country Joe & the Fish, ? and the Mysterians), I think. > >Say, what's the difference in sound between a Vox Continental and a Vox >Jaguar? I know the Continental has a bunch of drawbars; instead the Jag has >rocker switches and is somewhat simpler internally, but that's about it. I >am thinking of purchasing one fairly soon. > >Can anyone give examples of different songs using either? > >And did the Mysterians originally use a Vox or a Farfie? > >Tom Walls > >http://www.afn.org/~afn62971 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 22:04:48 -0500 From: Jeff Kopp Subject: Re: ? and the Mysterians was Re: Hammond Sound Indulis R Rutks wrote: > > Speaking of ?, I was in a store today that was playing, according to the > store owner, a newly recorded CD by ? and the Mysterians. It sounded > really great. That was probably their cd that was recorded during the summer of '97 and released on Collectables Records (www.oldies.com). Norton also released a great live ? LP/CD (Do You Feel It Baby?) recorded at Coney Island High in NYC during Cavestomp '97. Welcome to you and all the other newbies! kopper - -- ==================================================================== The Wayback Machine -- Hi-octane rock'n'roll from hell!! 43,000 watts of primitive garage punk, surf, & rockabilly... Saturday nights: Midnight-3am (CST) KDHX FM 88.1, St. Louis Check out the web site: http://www.inlink.com/~kopper Live netcast in RealAudio: http://www.kdhx.org/live.asp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:17:09 +0900 From: Hitomi I Subject: Re: cowabunga I'm still want to know the meaning of Cowabunga. I have a surf compilation called Surfin' with Midwest. On the cover 3eyed cow sez"cow-a-bunga!". Greg Shaw write the linernotes. *********Hitomi I******** Trans World '60s Punk:Cutie Morning Moon http://www.kiwi-us.com/~hitomi/ Download Garage Comps Database:Searchin For Shakes http://www.kiwi-us.com/~hitomi/searchin.htm E-mail:hitomi@kiwi.ne.jp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:12:11 -0500 From: Glynis & Richard Ward Subject: Re: 60's Quebec stuff >reissued on vinyl by Gearfab (is that right? Anyway, I don't know if they >qualify as I don't think they were from Quebec). What are the other >Canadian reissues that are being planned? >Late wishes for a happy new year to all! > >Dinos Dinos: The Plastic Cloud LP has already been re-issued for years! It's on a US lable called Lazer's Edge and is still available, but on CD only. They were from Ontario. There ARE many other Canadian re-issue records planned on MANY more record lables. Some will just be various contributed cuts to 60's compilations, and some as full reissues of records. Glynis Ward http://www.mindspring.com/~felinefrenzy Feline Frenzy Teen 'Zine Scene http://www.mindspring.com/~fuzzfest Fuzzfest '98 http://www.mindspring.com/~felinefrenzy/canadian.html Canadian 60's Garage Band Page ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:52:49 -0500 From: Don Smith Subject: Claude Trenier and Keely Smith To follow on a thread being discussed here, I'm sure most of you who are interested caught the A+E biography of the Rat Pack this week. If not, Keely Smith basically (but not completely) admits to dating Sam Giancana and Claude Trenier seems to finally explain what it was really like to be a black entertainer in 1950s Las Vegas and puts some perspective on the Sammy Davis Jr phenomenon. It may drag in places for some of you- and it's 4 hours, but it's well worth checking out and has a nice piece of 1960s video of Louis Prima and Keely Smith at the Kennedy inauguration that I would kill to get a complete copy of. Plus it shows a number of photos which never made it into any of the Sinatra biographies, thanks to Grace D'Amato who had nice ones of Skinny D'Amato and President Kennedy, the 500 Club fire with only the Frank Sinatra photo remaining, etc. Though for some reason it mentions as fact some things whch have recently been called into question, like Marilyn Monroe's affair wtih Bobby Kennedy, etc. But you know, I've read like most of the books on this era, so I'm a little snobby when it comes to this. They still can't get Judy Campbell on video though, sigh. Don ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:59:47 -0500 From: spiney1@juno.com (k n) Subject: Psychadelicatessen playlist Psychadelicatessen on W.U.S.B. 90.1fm www.wusb.orb/psycdeli 01/09/99 Factory, Path Through the Forest Quintet, Hey Ya Hey Ya Dica Dica Rings and Things, Strange Things Are A Happening Bedlam Four, The Hydrogen Atom Action, Little Boy Ways and Means, Breaking Up a Dream The Bit A Sweet, Out of Site Out of Mind Southern Sound, Just yhe Same As You Adjeef the Poet, Leek I'm a Freak Defects, Psych Out Barrier, Spot the Lights Bean and Loopy's Lot, A Stitch In Time G 66, I Feel Alright Upstarters, Daddy Rolling Stone Insomniacs, Walpurgis Urges High Spirits, Give Me Love Pets, Hello I Love You Johnny Chan and the New Dynasty Six, Till the End Of the Day Electras, Action Woman Tidal Waves, Action(Speaks Louder Than Words) Ventures, Action Satelliters, Here Comes Action Oyabando, Action Ventures, Action Plus Mondo Topless, Get Ready For Action Litter, Action Woman Children of Darkness, Sugar Shack A Go Go Johnny Chan and the New Dynasty Six, Over It Hi-Fives, She Makes Me Good Volcanos, Riverside Run Rhythm Surfers, 502 Spacemen, Same Old Grind Canadian Rogues, Keep in Touch Crusaders, Sugar Shack Dean Hightower, Purple Monster Crank Jones, Rocket Deke Dickerson, Sparkin ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 23:48:43 -0800 From: "Allan Waite" Subject: Re: Claude Trenier and Keely Smith When I was in Chicago last October, the highpoint of an otherwise lousy business trip was a live lounge act I stumbled upon while on a late night walk. The place: a nice Chinese Restaurant (closed) with a lounge ("The Orchid Room"). Speakers piped music to the outside from the lounge, which featured a jazz group fronted by singer Milt Trenier. Curious, I stepped inside and looked at the photos of the resident jazz combo at the entrance to the lounge. A lifetime of photos, many autographed, feratured Milt Trenier alongside with every imagineable Jazz and Las Vegas great. Many were faded, but the one that stood out in my mind was a black and white photo, taken at night, of the marquee of Harlem's Apollo Theater; the headlining act: The Treniers. The act itself was wonderful; polished, very old school. Milt made reference more than once to his 40+ years in show business. He was rather slight, and did a few dance steps; very much in the Sammy Davis Jr. style; he even did a tune or two of Sammy's. He was a real entertainer, and did a great job despite playing to a nearly empty house, and making jokes with the audience (a surreal night; only four other patrons, including a couple who looked like Ed Koch and the elderly Joan Crawford). I realized that I was seeing the end of a dying art form, and drank it all in, staying much longer than I had intended. This show was the highlight of a trip that was otherwise spent butting heads with Chicago's union labor. What is the connection with Claude Trenier and "The Treniers" mentioned earlier in this thread? Allan Waite The "Hip" Hugger 1971 Vespa Rally 180 Emerald City Flying Monkeys SC Seattle, WA - -----Original Message----- From: Don Smith To: Bomp@xnet2.com Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 10:53 PM Subject: Claude Trenier and Keely Smith > >To follow on a thread being discussed here, I'm >sure most of you who are interested caught the A+E >biography of the Rat Pack this week. If not, >Keely Smith basically (but not completely) admits >to dating Sam Giancana and Claude Trenier seems to >finally explain what it was really like to be a >black entertainer in 1950s Las Vegas and puts some >perspective on the Sammy Davis Jr phenomenon. > >It may drag in places for some of you- and it's 4 >hours, but it's well worth checking out and has a >nice piece of 1960s video of Louis Prima and Keely >Smith at the Kennedy inauguration that I would >kill to get a complete copy of. Plus it shows a >number of photos which never made it into any of >the Sinatra biographies, thanks to Grace D'Amato >who had nice ones of Skinny D'Amato and President >Kennedy, the 500 Club fire with only the Frank >Sinatra photo remaining, etc. > >Though for some reason it mentions as fact some >things whch have recently been called into >question, like Marilyn Monroe's affair wtih Bobby >Kennedy, etc. But you know, I've read like most >of the books on this era, so I'm a little snobby >when it comes to this. They still can't get Judy >Campbell on video though, sigh. > >Don ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V99 #12 ************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com