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“In this era of rampant Fake News, Smudge has called out BS time and time again, ususally in response to something said by a volatile blond woman.”
Chinaman Blues, Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orchestra (1923) OkehThe band played live music during and between silent films in movie theaters, and featured a young Louis Armstrong.
Ave Maria. Or not…
The First Follower is important.
The Saga of Taylor and Smudge.
Tracked by a Pirate, or the Adventures of a Young Sponge-Hunter.
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United States Navy Band featuring
Senior Chief Petty Officer Keith Arneson, banjo
Petty Officer 1st Class Joe Friedman, guitar
This bluegrass medley by the United States Army Band featured
SFC Dean G. Woods, vocals, guitar
SFC Marlisa D. Woods, vocals, fiddle
MSG Michael J. Ford, vocals, harmonica
SFC Kristopher C. Armstrong, string bass
CW5 (ret.) Charles Vollherbst, banjo
The United States Air Force Band jazzed it up a bit. None of that hillbilly crap for them (even though they’re all rednecks).
The United States Coast Guard Band played one of my favorites. Kinda.
The United States Marine Band did a good job with this one.
The United States Space Force Band is still in it’s infancy, but this works as a placeholder.
Have a great weekend, see you back here tomorrow if I’m not at the mall.

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The Smithsonian’s Natioal Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute has some great information:
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[It was known as] C.C. Cannan Field since 1918 and as an informal flying field and race track before that. In 1925 the field was purchased by Vince Hays for his Houston Aerial Transport Company. It was on this field that Shorty Walker and Guy Hahn made and flew their airplanes and aircraft engines. [Source]


[Top image found here, 1923 C.C. Cannan Field article found here, 1923 Detroit Free Press ad here.]

[Image from USNI Proceedings January 1961. Related posts here.]

Dynaflow Blues, The Johnny Shines Blues Band (1965) Vanguard Johnny Shines (1915-1992) played with some of the greatest bluesmen of his time, including Robert Johnson. He recorded sporadically from 1946 with little success, and in 1952 sold his equipment and returned to construction. Vanguard Records found him in 1965 and revived his career.
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