Klarinet Archive - Posting 000807.txt from 2003/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Peanuts Hucko
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:31:37 -0500

At 09:54 PM 3/19/2003 -0500, David Blumberg wrote:
>I remember seeing Peanuts Hucko listed as a performer on a recent ClarFest.
>Was flipping channels the other day and came across a Clarinetist flying
>around on the Lawrence Welk Show - watched it while he played and it was
>really good. I wouldn't expect a very virtuostic performance from that show,
>but was impressed when I heard a Clarinetist who I didn't know at the time
>who it was that was playing.
>
>Just saw Peanuts picture at a bio website of his and realized that was who I
>saw. Wish I had taped it!

Michael "Peanuts" Hucko was once fired from his job playing tenor sax with
the Will Bradley/Ray McKinley band because he did not play clarinet well
enough. He later put some more time into it, particularly AFTER he was
drafted during WW II. The practice paid off, and he wound up the
clarinetist in the Glenn Miller Army Air Force band (whose drummer happened
to be Ray McKinley). Although he was an excellent tenor man, he eventually
became more famous for his clarinet work.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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