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Thread #149597   Message #3481439
Posted By: GUEST,dunelmian
19-Feb-13 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: Obit: RIP Pat Halcox 1930-2013
Subject: RE: Obit: RIP Pat Halcox 1930-2013
I was but a lad way back in the mists of antiquity, well 50 years ago, and I was listening to an EP of the Barber Band which I had just bought.
On it was Ottilie Patterson singing St Louis Blues which had a trumpet obbligato played by Pat Halcox which made the hair on my arms stand up. It was then I realised the power of music and I have never looked back