The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46005 Message #2979794
Posted By: Will Fly
04-Sep-10 - 06:50 AM
Thread Name: Kid Ory--The Jazz Original
Subject: RE: Kid Ory--The Jazz Original
Ory's daughter, Babette Ory, is alive and well and - last time I heard from her about a year ago - working as a chef. We got into correspondence because I posted a solo guitar version of "Muskrat Ramble" on YouTube. I'd commented that I believed it to have been ripped off by, and unacknowledged by, Country Joe MacDonald when he used the melody and chords for his "Fixin' To Die Rag". Babette contacted me to express thanks for the comments. I understand that she'd entered into a lawsuit to try and claim royalties from Joe MacDonald but, because of the time lag in doing so, her claim was disallowed.