Gary Bonds' sax player on "2:45" as well as the earlier "New Orleans" was called "Daddy G." Bonds was from the Virginia Tidewater area, and considerably younger than Daddy Grace; who knows whether it was the same G, I mean, same guy. The US Bonds tunes were recorded (shortly) before 1960, so I suppose it's possible.

We have a couple of trombone-heavy contemporary brass bands in N.O. right now. Bonearama is probably the best of all; they have a decent CD called "Live at the Old Point Bar," but I don't think it's possible for a recording to duplicate the sheer physical force of the live sound of five trombones, a baritone trombone, sousaphone, electric guitar, and drums. I know they have toured the northeast -- they were in NYC for the blackout earlier this year, and wrote a song about it.