Swing Music...

To celebrate Bill Cooney's 87th birthday me and Cathy took him and Geneva to McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston to see Emily Gimble and the Marshal Ford Band. Emily is the Grand Daughter of Texas Playboy fiddle player and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Johnny Gimble. Marshal Ford is apparently the place where you crossed the river before the Mansfield Dam and Lake Travis went in. 

This was swing music at it's best. Of course they covered the old Texas favorites but and stretched it out to perform Louie Jordan numbers and a great version of Sweet Georgia Brown. Lot of originals by all band members. Great guitar by Greg Harkins. Drums by James Gwyn, bass by Kristopher Wade and fiddle by Danny Levin. All these guys are in other great bands. This is just a sideline for them to play good music. This was a cd release party and I purchased their last two releases.  

This was laying in a bar booth after the show. It's Greg's guitar rig, a great vintage set up of old Gibson archtop guitar and a 50s Gibson amp. Us the right stuff to get the right sound.