Michael Odom > wrote in
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> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:16:18 GMT, Wayne > wrote:
>
>>Michael Odom > wrote in
m:
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>>> The crowd was big enough that at times the noise of the
>>> converstations was nearly deafening. Buncha yakkers. I played
>>> music (Blossom Deary, Nick Lowe, The Flatlanders, Joe Strummer and
>>> the Mescaleros), but nobody noticed, I'm afraid.
>>>
>>> On the whole, I'd say the event was a success. And we have enough
>>> leftovers that we won't have to cook for several days.
>>>
>>
>>Michael, this sounds like it was a very successful and enjoyable
>>event, and the food sounds divine! OMG, I haven't thought of Blossom
>>Deary in years. I'll have to pull out some old vinyl!
>
> I don't know about anybody else, but I had a good time. Well, I know
> that D enjoyed herself, too. And our Wichita friends, who stayed the
> night, said thet liked the event, also. They were great -- just
> barged ahead into a crowd of people they'd never seen before. Turns
> out one Wichita budy studied printmaking with somebody who was the
> student of another guest.

Another bit of evidence that it's a small world! And I can't imagine
anyone not enjoying everything you presented.

> Blossom D's music has been re-released on CD. The disk I spun was "My
> Gentleman Friend" on the Verve label, and I misspelled her surname.
> It's Dearie, not Deary. Regardless, she made music that perfectly

Yes, it certainly is. It looked strange at first, but I just let it go,
not thinking it was wrong.

> complements our "Atomic Age" house in style and substance. "You
> Fascinate Me So" is very nearly a perfect song.

My first albums were, "Give Him the Ooh-La-La", which I think was
released was '57 or '58, and "Blossom Dearie" which preceded it by a
year or so. I've got half a dozen other albums, including "My Gentlemen
Friend", "Broadway Hits", and her Christmas album, of which I forget the
name.

> The previous lady of the house was the highest paid hoofer on Broadway
> in 1948. She met the man of the house (an architect and scion of a
> locally "important" family) at a USO show and moved here with him
> around 1952. Broadway to Cow Hill must have been a heluva transition.
> She taught tap dance and synchronized swimming to local starlet
> wannabes in the 50s and 60s.

What a fantastic "house history"! What fun.

> Somehow, Blossom Dearie seems apropos chez Odom. If only somebody had
> noticed last night!

Indeed, it does. Their loss! :-)

> modom

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