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Cary, I just did...for me! How can Rutgers (Institute of Jazz Studies) get a copy? Do you take University purchase orders? Vinny On Nov 5, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Cary Ginell wrote: > So order a copy already! We sunk a lot of dough into this thing. :) > > Cary > >> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 20:40:13 -0400 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] OJL announces major western swing set on Bob >> Dunn >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> So glad to see this! It's SO overdue. And I know it will be good >> because >> your essay is in it. >> >> best, >> >> Uncle Dave Lewis >> Lebanon, OH >> >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Cary Ginell <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> Origin Jazz Library >>> Press Release >>> Bob Dunn Box Set Now Available! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 5 >>> >>> >>> Bob Dunn: Master of the Electric Steel >>> Guitar (1935-1950) >>> >>> >>> Deluxe 2-CD box set ($34.95 + shipping) >>> >>> >>> Origin Jazz Library OJL-1004 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Bob Dunn (1908–1971) was >>> the amplified steel guitar's first stylist, a gentle >>> bear of a man whose innovative ideas revolutionized western swing and >>> inspired >>> countless musicians in the Southwest during the 1930s and '40s. More >>> than 75 >>> years after his first appearances on record, Dunn still amazes those >>> who >>> have never heard the electric steel guitar’s beginnings. His solos >>> are >>> often >>> otherworldly; jagged cascades of arpeggios, jarring staccato notes, >>> and >>> Hawaiian >>> chime effects emanated from his primitive instruments. In his >>> groundbreaking, literally electrifying music, Dunn melded Hawaiian, >>> country, and hot jazz elements into a style that reverberates today >>> in >>> genres from modern country to rock 'n' roll. This essential box set >>> features dozens of Dunn's most astounding performances, which have >>> been >>> digitally restored from original 78s. Bands include Milton Brown & >>> his Brownies, Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, Roy Newman & his Boys, >>> Bob Dunn's Vagabonds, and many more. For full track details, see our >>> website. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> INCLUDED: >>> >>> >>> 53 original >>> recordings >>> >>> >>> 4 historical >>> essays by historians Kevin Coffey, Cary Ginell, Jeremy Wakefield, >>> and David >>> Sager. >>> >>> >>> Full >>> discographical data >>> >>> >>> Previously >>> unpublished photographs from Dunn's personal scrapbook. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Now >>> available from Origin Jazz Library, 1534 N. Moorpark Road, PMB 333, >>> Thousand Oaks, CA >>> 91360 >>> >>> >>> For >>> information on other Origin Jazz Library releases, visit our website >>> at >>> www.originjazz.com or E-mail your queries >>> to [log in to unmask] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >