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Topic: Hot Club of America Tribute Website is on line |
Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 5 Feb 2001 8:42 pm |
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I have finally gotten far enough along on my tribute website for the "Hot Club of America in Hi-Fi" album to post the address. It is still under construction, but the framework and most of the drywall is up 
www.voicenet.com/~vanallen/hcoahome.html
This site is a labor of love for what I consider a great "lost" album from the 50's of Pop arrangements featuring pyrotechnic Fender non-pedal steel, and blazing Stratocaster... I hope you find it interesting and informative.
And it is lovingly dedicated to fellow forumite Jody Carver, without whose help and musical inspiration it wouldn't exist.
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Dave, not Mark...
Zumsteel U12 "Loafer" 8&6 :: Fender T-8 Stringmaster :: Fender Tube Amplification
www.voicenet.com/~vanallen/ :: vanallen@voicenet.com
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Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 6 Feb 2001 8:31 am
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| ^ bump |
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Mike Selecky
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BrookPark, Ohio
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Posted 6 Feb 2001 9:37 am
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| Cool site! Looking forward to the next installment of the album story. I got an error when I tried to listen to the 365 radio broadcast of the songs though. |
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 6 Feb 2001 11:16 am
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Dave,
I,too,have a copy of this album. When I saw Jody's name on a thread,I,immediately,wrote to him,inquiring about the album. He responded,very quickly. He seems to be a very congenial gentleman,& very happy that someone remembered him. I'm glad you started this site for him. People like him need to be remembered for their contribution to the steel guitar world.Kudos to you,Dave.
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Bob Maickel
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Floral Park, NY
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Posted 6 Feb 2001 12:48 pm
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Dave: Great job on the Hot Club site! I'm so happy that Jody is getting the well-deserved recognition of his fine talent.
I've known Jody since 1954, when my steel instructor introduced us. I had the pleasure of seeing Jody play at various clubs in the N.Y. City area and we became friends. He took me under his wing. He encouraged me to sit-in playing his triple neck while he participated in the group's vocal trio harmony. It was great to learn how to do bar crashes, boo-wahs, machine gun bar crash runs, as well as learn some great new tunings from someone of Jody's caliber.
One of the biggest thrills was seeing Jody play steel, on Broadway, for Sunshine Sue and the cast of the WRVA Old Domion Barn Dance, when they did a stint at the 48th Street theater, in the late '50's in N.Y.C. And of course, seeing him on CBS-TV (Nation-wide)when he won the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts show. First time a steel player ever won on that show.
I vividly recall the hot summer day in 1958 when Jody came to my house with a 45 rpm single of Idaho. He said it was a cut from his new album on Coral Records. (I ran out and bought the album as soon as it was available.) He then asked me to play something for him on my 3 neck Fender Custom. I did Oklahoma Stomp and he played rhythm guitar on an old beat up Stella that I had bought for $2.00 after a music store fire. It still wreaked of smoke and the paint was burnt & blistered. I had a 10 inch reel to reel recorder so we put the session on tape. Whenever I play back the tape I get a kick out of Jody's remarks "Ride With Bob" and other Wills' type hollers, with a New York accent!
Sorry to be long-winded but reminiscing is contagious. Thanks again! |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 6 Feb 2001 1:15 pm
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Great stories, Bob!
And brilliant job, Dave! I have had some email back-and-forths with Jody for a while regarding some web graphics matters. I think it's for the best that I didn't know anything about him at the time because if I had realized what a hep cat the dude is I would have made a horse's ass of myself some way or another.
But back to Dave--man, that's a super job. |
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Ian McLatchie
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Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 6 Feb 2001 1:45 pm
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Dave:
Congratulations on your efforts to help preserve an essential piece of popular music history. For anyone who hasn't heard the Hot Club of America album, it's simply one of THE
coolest records ever made. Is there any chance of a CD reissue? |
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Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 7 Feb 2001 11:06 am
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thanks guys. I just love this record and wanted to share Jody's coolth with the world...
Some Audio links are now functioning with excerpts in Real Audio to download.
Limited space on my ISP precludes MP3's... |
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Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 8 Feb 2001 12:17 am
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| bump |
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Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 9 Feb 2001 7:15 am
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| bump again |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 10 Feb 2001 7:33 am
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| thwump |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 11 Feb 2001 10:45 am
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| punt |
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Adam
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Seattle,WA
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Posted 14 Feb 2001 8:34 pm
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| not enough space from your isp to put up MP3's?Post it on Napster!The little clips I've heard are amazing.I'd love to hear the whole thing on MP3 |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 14 Feb 2001 9:17 pm
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Adam
I am not enamoured of Napster. It's a personal thing...a distaste for theft & a reluctance to expose my HD to the planet.
Do visit the Live365 webcast though for the complete album in streaming mp3-
go to the HCOA nome page, click on the words HI-Fi in the logo to go to the audio clips page and scroll down to the Live365 logo and click to hear the webcast
I guess if you have GoldWave you can capture it to your HD- i dunno |
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Drew Howard
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Posted 16 Feb 2001 3:43 pm
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Dave,
Thanks for resurrecting HCOA!!
The sounds are wonderful, and the story and recollections by Jody are quite intersting.
Drew Howard
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