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Ros Thomas
Nov 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/21/98
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Does anyone know anything about the song "Buddy's Habits" recorded by
Red Nichols in 1926? Who was the Buddy in question?
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Ros Thomas
Red Nichols in 1926? Who was the Buddy in question?
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Ros Thomas
JONPOLLACK
Nov 21, 1998, 3:00:00 AM11/21/98
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I believe that this is the same tune recorded earlier(1923) under the title
"Buddy's Habit" by King Oliver's Jazz Band. I have the Nichols version on an
old Swaggie LP that credits Nelson and Straight as the song's composers. Other
sources credit the tune to clarinetist Arnett Nelson.
"Buddy's Habit" by King Oliver's Jazz Band. I have the Nichols version on an
old Swaggie LP that credits Nelson and Straight as the song's composers. Other
sources credit the tune to clarinetist Arnett Nelson.
The following information appears in Eric Townley's "Tell Your Story"
(Storyville Publications and Co. Ltd., 1976):
In the early 1920s clarinet player Arnett Nelson, composer of this number,
played in Jimmy Wade's Orchestra at the Moulin Rouge Cafe on Wabash Avenue,
Chicago. The tuba and bass saxophone player in the band was a musician named
Buddy Gross who used to drink large amounts of beer. Buddy's habit was that at
the end of each set he would rush off the stand to relieve himself in the
lavatory.
So, now you know!
- Jon
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