> On a totally different tangent, I have been listening to the
> upcoming Spade
> Cooley record that Bloodshot is releasing soon and my first reaction was
> "This sounds like Lawrence Welk!" Maybe not as cheesy but the
> accordion and
> the western swing arrangements have that "champagne" sound. I must be
> getting old, though, I kinda liked it. <g>
Welcome to Club Geezer, Jim. Cooley and Welk were essentially direct
competitors in Southern California in the early-mid 50s. That's a bit after
the period covered by the Bloodshot transcriptions comp, but even so...
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