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Re: Pete Fountain / Lawrence Welk

Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2017-02-21 18:32

Agreed with all of the above (except, perhaps, the ditch digging comment from Ed...I've turned down gigs that sounded more like musical prostitution than anything I wanted to be involved with, and an honest day digging ditches can do wonders for a man...)

Welk pretty much made Pete's career, and Pete always delivered great clarinet playing that no one should be ashamed of---the vaudeville legacy is right on target. I'm a fan of several of his easy listening albums too, especially "I Love Paris"---one of the greatest albums in the genre, IMO. Even wrote a defense and review of it here:

http://thejazzclarinet.blogspot.com/2013/06/review-pete-fountain-i-love-paris-1963.html

I wouldn't miss a moment of Pete's playing. There are albums of his I can't really stand listening to, but not many...and I think I have all of them, including all the vinyl that has never been reissues. His playing was a gift, whatever genre.

Eric

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