{"id":2539,"date":"2010-02-01T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T21:44:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-01T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T16:44:38","slug":"how-little-we-know-hoagy-carmichael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/how-little-we-know-hoagy-carmichael\/","title":{"rendered":"How Little We Know: Hoagy Carmichael"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ain’t that the truth!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I don’t know much about Olde Tyme Musik, you know, all that pre-rock, not-even-blues-or-otherwise-proto rock stuff that some Townspeople, such as Hrrundivbakshi<\/strong>, hank fan<\/strong>, and cdm<\/strong>, dig. For years I didn’t want to get near that stuff. Very, very slowly I’ve accepted that it can be very good, even great. Ella Fitzgerald<\/strong> continues to be the Olde Tyme Musik figure I enjoy most. I like how precise and direct she is. Rosemary Clooney<\/strong> is cool too. Of the guys, I get a kick out of Tony Bennett<\/strong> and Dean Martin<\/strong>, but half of the pleasure is from laughing at<\/em> them. They’re loveably goofy, like some of my Italian-American uncles. I’ve noticed that Nat King Cole<\/strong> is easy for me to dig when he’s fronting his small combo. On the other hand, I can usually leave the legendary Frank Sinatra<\/strong>. As I’ve stated before, he sounds like a dick.<\/p>\n

Last night I watched To Have and Have Not<\/em> for maybe the 10th time. It’s one of my favorite Olde Tyme Films. I really identify with Bogie’s character…Nah, I wish! There’s so much that I love about this film, and each time I watch it one of the things I love more and want to know more about is Hoagy Carmichael<\/strong>, who appears as the bandleader in the club in which most of the story is set. I can only do justice in expressing how I feel about him in my circa 1973, 5th grader terms:
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\nHe’s super cool!<\/em><\/p>\n

And not just Carmichael but his entire band! <\/p>