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Re: Pete Fountain on Johnny Carson Show

Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2020-09-22 22:40

After listening to Pete's version for 4 or 5 times this morning around 3am, I began to recognize the melody.

Benny played his version very straight in the beginning and it was, of course, very easy for me to recognize the song Avalon.

I've seen several YouTube's of Pete playing on Johnny Carson's show, however, on all the others, he would be introduced, he played, and then he was gone. For me, this was the first version of Pete and Johnny actually having a conversation.

I was going to compare the two versions, however, the era's were different, the musical expectations were different, etc. To me, both are excellent and enjoyable.

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