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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Straight & Square - Johnny Pickard

Old Playmate
Straight & Square
Johnny Pickard - Playing & Singing It
Susannah Recordings
Dee-Dee Recording Service - Windsor, Pennsylvania

From the back cover: After leaving Duke (University) he (Pickard) was employed by a large cotton manufacturing from, saved up enough to purchase his first full-size accordion and started to put his knowledge of theory to use and practice. In a few months several "gigs" with a band under the baton of Jimmy Talbert convinced Johnny that this was his kind of work. He later joined the Ceil Ellington band of Richmond, Virginia as vocalist and also started working on his talent as a single entertainer, eventually ending up in spots like Leon & Eddies in New York, The Club Charles in Baltimore and many others.

Mediation
Old Playmate
Dancing On The Ceiling
I'm Glad There Is You
Ecstasy
Judaline
Man And Woman
For Once In My Life
Mr. Lucky
September Song
Sleepy Time Down South
I Left My Heart In San Francisco

5 comments:

  1. I don't see a way to play these samples.
    Is my computer broken?

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    1. No, it's not you. Divshare, the file server must be down again...

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  2. Problem's continuing here and on "Unearthed" as well.

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  3. Fun fact: my brother-in-law is Pickard’s grandson and a professional blues drummer.

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