by Bill Collins | Aug 27, 2019 | General|Rare recording
For years Joe Stecko was the conductor of the Casa Manana Orchestra in Fort Worth. This was recorded at a July 4th concert outside in Ft. Worth in the mid to late 1980’s. Because recording was prohibited during Broadway type shows, this is one of the few recordings...
by Bill Collins | Aug 6, 2015 | General|Rare recording, Woody Herman
The Woody Herman Big Band was always one of my favorite bands. A friend and I tried to hear the band at a nightclub when we were 19, but couldn’t get in. Bill Byrne (5th trumpet player and road manager) got us in, promising we wouldn’t drink, and...