I found this from the official webpage of Fender, makers of the Stratocaster guitar. I guarantee that you'll enjoy reading this!
40 YEARS LATER: NEIL LEVANG RECEIVES NEW STRAT
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Showing posts with label The Lawrence Welk orchestra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Lawrence Welk orchestra. Show all posts
Friday, June 07, 2013
Neil Levang: A story of a man and his Stratocaster
I found this from the official webpage of Fender, makers of the Stratocaster guitar. I guarantee that you'll enjoy reading this!
40 YEARS LATER: NEIL LEVANG RECEIVES NEW STRAT
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Down on the farm, we harvest only the best musicians
1973 was a fine year for music, and from the "Down On The Farm" episode, only Lawrence Welk produces the best!
Guitarists like Neil Levang.....
......and Clay Hart.
Here's Richard Maloof on bass....
......with Henry Cuesta on clarinet.
And all the while Bob Lido, when he's not tending to the crops, plays the fiddle too!
Guitarists like Neil Levang.....
......and Clay Hart.
Here's Richard Maloof on bass....
......with Henry Cuesta on clarinet.
And all the while Bob Lido, when he's not tending to the crops, plays the fiddle too!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
R.I.P Warren Luening (1941-2012)
It is with heavy hearts that the world lost another fine musician. Warren Luening, who played trumpet for the Welk Orchestra from 1958 to 1960, passed away due to complications from cancer this past Sunday.
Here is his obituary from All About Jazz.
WARREN LUENING, RENOWNED STUDIO TRUMPETER DIES
Here is his obituary from All About Jazz.
WARREN LUENING, RENOWNED STUDIO TRUMPETER DIES
Thursday, August 04, 2011
All The Things You Are
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
A Champagne Medley from '63
From this 1963 black & white episode, here's the boys in the band with a medley of songs done in Champagne Style starting with Swinging Down the Lane, followed by Linger Awhile and finishes up with Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree.
And watch out for featured performances by Bill Page, Kenny Trimble, Bob Ralston, Dick Cathcart and Don Bonnee!
And watch out for featured performances by Bill Page, Kenny Trimble, Bob Ralston, Dick Cathcart and Don Bonnee!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Frank Scott Plays Harpsichord
As plenty of us Welk fans know, Frank Scott was a multi-talented keyboardist and arranger for the Lawrence Welk Orchestra from 1956 to 1969.
The native son of Fargo, North Dakota was a natural playing the piano, harpsichord and the Vox.
Perhaps the greatest example of his work came from his 1962 Dot Records album Frank Scott Plays Harpsichord
Each and every of the tracks is a instrumental gem, like Boogie Woogie, Yankee Doodle Rag and Woodchopper's Ball just to name a few. You can find the album at a vintage record shop near you or search on ebay or any fine reputable online auction site.
In the meantime, here's two of the tracks from the album you can have a sample with.
CARMEN'S BOOGIE
The native son of Fargo, North Dakota was a natural playing the piano, harpsichord and the Vox.
Perhaps the greatest example of his work came from his 1962 Dot Records album Frank Scott Plays Harpsichord
Each and every of the tracks is a instrumental gem, like Boogie Woogie, Yankee Doodle Rag and Woodchopper's Ball just to name a few. You can find the album at a vintage record shop near you or search on ebay or any fine reputable online auction site.
In the meantime, here's two of the tracks from the album you can have a sample with.
CARMEN'S BOOGIE
KITTEN ON THE KEYS
Friday, June 24, 2011
Things go better with Skokiaan
From 1968, here's the boys in the band with their rendition of the instrumental piece known to music lovers everywhere as just one word.
Skokiaan.
Your featured musicians are Frank Scott at the Vox, Neil Levang on guitar, Richard Maloof on bass guitar, Bob Davis and Dave Edwards on clarinet, Johnny Klein on drums and Jack Imel at the marimba.
Skokiaan.
Your featured musicians are Frank Scott at the Vox, Neil Levang on guitar, Richard Maloof on bass guitar, Bob Davis and Dave Edwards on clarinet, Johnny Klein on drums and Jack Imel at the marimba.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
In a Persian Market
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Lawrence Welk's Big Band Splash
And now the time has arrived for the 15th Lawrence Welk public television pledge special, Big Band Splash.
With your host Doc Severinsen!
It was an entertaining program, filled with clips from several episodes from the show featuring the band and the Musical Family performing the classic songs from that era.
Big Band icons like Glenn Miller, Harry James, The Dorsey Brothers, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington were featured.
It was also nice that the special featured many of Welk's orchestra in the spotlight, such as Dave Edwards on the saxophone playing Contrasts made famous by Jimmy Dorsey.
I also liked Bob Ralston's rendition of Paul Whiteman's Rhapsody In Blue, in which every time I hear it, for some reason thoughts of the old United Airlines commercials with Gene Hackman narrating come to mind.
And what can I say about the trumpet section's arrangement of The Dipsy Doodle....
Johnny Zell, Mickey McMahan, Charlie Parlato and Norman Bailey were all outstanding!
But that was just a sample of the fine instrumentals featured in the program, many of the featured singers had the spotlight such as Tanya Falan's excellent version of the Sammy Kaye song Daddy.
Other singers featured were Mary Lou Metzger and Champagne Lady Alice Lon with different versions of Harry James' "You Made Me Love You". The differences were that Mary Lou went with the Dear Mr. Gable route while Alice from Dallas just sang it straight up.
I was disappointed that the special did not feature any Sandi, Gail and Mary Lou numbers. Their version of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters in my opinion would be considered big band and would have been a good fit.
But Toot Toot Tootsie by Bob Lido and the Hotsy Totsy Boys? That, by the way was the final number featured in the special, and by the way, I always thought Al Jolson was more Music Hall than Big Band.
Oh, and here's an extreme close up of Bob Havens and his trumpet.
Doc himself was featured, when he guested on the Welk show in 1972 playing the theme song from the movie "Love Story".
His performance and talent was picture perfect excellence and well done, but for his wardrobe.....we'll the jury is still out on that.
In all, it was a wunnerful, wunnerful special.
And no pledge special would be complete without Bob Allen and Mary Lou in the studio with the pledge breaks.
So until next time, keep a song in your heart and may the only Blues in the Night you get are the St. Louis Blues playing hockey.
With your host Doc Severinsen!
It was an entertaining program, filled with clips from several episodes from the show featuring the band and the Musical Family performing the classic songs from that era.
Big Band icons like Glenn Miller, Harry James, The Dorsey Brothers, Artie Shaw and Duke Ellington were featured.
It was also nice that the special featured many of Welk's orchestra in the spotlight, such as Dave Edwards on the saxophone playing Contrasts made famous by Jimmy Dorsey.
I also liked Bob Ralston's rendition of Paul Whiteman's Rhapsody In Blue, in which every time I hear it, for some reason thoughts of the old United Airlines commercials with Gene Hackman narrating come to mind.
And what can I say about the trumpet section's arrangement of The Dipsy Doodle....
Johnny Zell, Mickey McMahan, Charlie Parlato and Norman Bailey were all outstanding!
But that was just a sample of the fine instrumentals featured in the program, many of the featured singers had the spotlight such as Tanya Falan's excellent version of the Sammy Kaye song Daddy.
Other singers featured were Mary Lou Metzger and Champagne Lady Alice Lon with different versions of Harry James' "You Made Me Love You". The differences were that Mary Lou went with the Dear Mr. Gable route while Alice from Dallas just sang it straight up.
I was disappointed that the special did not feature any Sandi, Gail and Mary Lou numbers. Their version of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters in my opinion would be considered big band and would have been a good fit.
But Toot Toot Tootsie by Bob Lido and the Hotsy Totsy Boys? That, by the way was the final number featured in the special, and by the way, I always thought Al Jolson was more Music Hall than Big Band.
Oh, and here's an extreme close up of Bob Havens and his trumpet.
Doc himself was featured, when he guested on the Welk show in 1972 playing the theme song from the movie "Love Story".
His performance and talent was picture perfect excellence and well done, but for his wardrobe.....we'll the jury is still out on that.
In all, it was a wunnerful, wunnerful special.
And no pledge special would be complete without Bob Allen and Mary Lou in the studio with the pledge breaks.
So until next time, keep a song in your heart and may the only Blues in the Night you get are the St. Louis Blues playing hockey.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Skeets Herfurt
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Those Champagne Jazz Sessions of the 1960s
Monday, January 24, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
I'm declaring today Dave Edwards Day
Monday, January 03, 2011
Bob Smale's obituary at the Los Angeles Times
For those who just started reading this blog, one of the famed Music Makers, pianist and arranger Bob Smale passed away last November at the age of 79.
His obituary is now online at the LA Times, you can go there to read it, leave your condolences and watch a well done and moving memorial video put together by his daughter Margaret.
His obituary is now online at the LA Times, you can go there to read it, leave your condolences and watch a well done and moving memorial video put together by his daughter Margaret.
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