Will-- Enjoyed your July 4th show Every State in the 48 is Great. You mentioned it was hard to find a song about Montana. On your next show of this type you could cheat and include "Rhode Island if Famous for You" which includes the lines:
Cotton comes from Lou-siana
Gophers from Montana
And spuds from Idaho
They plow land
In the cow land of Missour-a
Where most beef meant
For roast beef seems to grow
There are many recordings including those by Blossom Dearie, Nancy LaMott and Blossom Dearie. The song may also include every other state at the time it was written by Dietz and Schwartz in 1948.
Another possibility is the song "Montana Moon" a fairly obscure country western tune at
I came across it when looking for Montana related songs from the 1930 Joan Crawford film "Montana Moon". You Tube also has a song from that film "Montana Call"
ha! My problem is that the shows are too long for everybody to catch everything! Of course I included "Rhode Island is Famous for You" by Blossom Dearie, that's in there (I couldn't do this show without it!) although I also considered the great Buddy Clark recordings. And at the very last minute, near the end, I slipped in "Montana Call" by George Olsen and his Music. thanks for listening and writing!
Will like you I am over the moon to have the new Ella “Alfie”. I don’t know if you caught it, (it took me the 4th listening) when she sings the word Alfie the final time, she sings it on the same 2 notes as Porgy. Her connect-the-dots musical mind never flags! Peter Coppock
Will thank you for responding. I am just now figuring out this Substack thing. So many people I admire seem to be on it. I have been reading your books for years(think I have most of them). I was a jazz disc jockey for NPR stations in Chicago, New York and Phoenix, where I ended up. At your prompting, I ordered the Judith Tick book which I am slowly devouring. Most of the good books on jazz I’ve read recently have been by women, which I think is a fantastic trend!
Will-- Enjoyed your July 4th show Every State in the 48 is Great. You mentioned it was hard to find a song about Montana. On your next show of this type you could cheat and include "Rhode Island if Famous for You" which includes the lines:
Cotton comes from Lou-siana
Gophers from Montana
And spuds from Idaho
They plow land
In the cow land of Missour-a
Where most beef meant
For roast beef seems to grow
There are many recordings including those by Blossom Dearie, Nancy LaMott and Blossom Dearie. The song may also include every other state at the time it was written by Dietz and Schwartz in 1948.
Another possibility is the song "Montana Moon" a fairly obscure country western tune at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsHL0xK5E8&list=RDywsHL0xK5E8&start_radio=1
I came across it when looking for Montana related songs from the 1930 Joan Crawford film "Montana Moon". You Tube also has a song from that film "Montana Call"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETKrJ5fTywg&list=RDETKrJ5fTywg&start_radio=1
At least this one if by someone well known, Roger Wolfe Kahn with Dick Robertson vocal.
None of these are jazz or jazz-adjacent but in a pinch they might do.--David
ha! My problem is that the shows are too long for everybody to catch everything! Of course I included "Rhode Island is Famous for You" by Blossom Dearie, that's in there (I couldn't do this show without it!) although I also considered the great Buddy Clark recordings. And at the very last minute, near the end, I slipped in "Montana Call" by George Olsen and his Music. thanks for listening and writing!
Will like you I am over the moon to have the new Ella “Alfie”. I don’t know if you caught it, (it took me the 4th listening) when she sings the word Alfie the final time, she sings it on the same 2 notes as Porgy. Her connect-the-dots musical mind never flags! Peter Coppock
no - I didn't catch that. must listen. and yes, this "Alfie" is one of Ella's truly greatest ballads.
Will thank you for responding. I am just now figuring out this Substack thing. So many people I admire seem to be on it. I have been reading your books for years(think I have most of them). I was a jazz disc jockey for NPR stations in Chicago, New York and Phoenix, where I ended up. At your prompting, I ordered the Judith Tick book which I am slowly devouring. Most of the good books on jazz I’ve read recently have been by women, which I think is a fantastic trend!