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Re: Dixieland



I heard somewhere The Who played jazz early in their career.  Anybody 
else hear that?

keets


>From: Howard Powers <howie@rexnet.net>
>Reply-To: howie@rexnet.net
>To: thewho@igtc.com
>Subject: Dixieland
>Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:32:16 -0500
>
>
>
>Alan McKendree wrote:
>
>> At 3:53 -0800 3/26/1999, The Who Mailing List Digest wrote:
>> >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:06:55 EST
>> >From: Oshangrl@aol.com
>> >
>> >After the Memphis show I was asked to go with them to New Orleans.  
That was
>> >really cool because  a Dixieland jazz band was there to greet them 
as we got
>> >off the plane.
>>
>> Even though it's not exactly my kind of music (or The Who's, either, 
I
>> should think),
>
>Weren't John and Pete playing trad jazz (the British term for 
Dixieland) before
>joining Roger in the Detours?  And Pete was interested in more modern 
forms of
>jazz.  I'd guess that at least those two appreciate the form.
>
>-Howard P.
>

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