BUNK’S SAINTS Hank Cherry’s piece on Bunk Johnson in your June 2010 edition is quite interesting and to the best of my knowledge completely accurate, but it leaves out one important historical fact. It was Bunk’s recordings and regular playing of “When the Saints Go Marching In” that turned it into the musical icon that [...]
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Bobby Lonero: Did He or Didn’t He?
June 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
Days after our May issue hit the stands, we received an email from Gia Prima, Louis Prima’s widow. “Our Web site, LouisPrima.com has a page (“The Witnesses”) on the complete history of the Witnesses and all of its members, throughout the years,” she wrote. “You will notice that there is no Bobby Lonero! He never [...]
What Happens in Vegas…
May 1, 2010 – 12:12 am
Try to separate fact from fiction where Las Vegas is concerned. Long before the “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” marketing campaign, a shroud of myth hovered over everything and everybody worth remembering. Martin Scorsese made this a theme in Casino as the movie focused on memory with its extensive use of voiceovers to [...]
