Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter

Subject: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: Flash Company
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 06:19 AM

Mick has joined the Jazzband in the sky at the age of 78. I would have thought he was older, but he did have a hard life, all that drinking and debauchery.
Jim Godbolt's book 'All This and Ten Percent' is a fairly good picture of the Mulligan band, and George Melly also evokes the period very well. I particularly liked the story of Melly's landlord giving him notice to quit because he was 'tired of Mick the Mulligan bringing his doxies here and performing strange tribal rites into the early hours.'
After Mick quit the Jazz scene in 1962, he became a Grocer, Wine Merchant and family man. He is survived by his second wife, four chjldren and three step-children.
R.I.P.

FC

Subject: RE: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: fat B****rd
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 06:30 AM

RIP Magnolia. I'm getting Melly's "Owning Up" for Christmas so I'll be laughing again.

Subject: RE: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 06:44 AM

Gosh a blast from the past indeed, a name I hadn't heard for a long time.

RIP Mick

Giok

Subject: RE: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 09:23 AM

I must admit I thought he'd died years ago. Like other old traddies i have fond memories of the MM band in the days when Melly was slim!

Rts

Subject: RE: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: Fidjit
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 10:53 AM

Shit! I used to be a regular At the Pub in Edmonton Where Mick Mulligan and George Melly played every Sunday night in the fifties/early sixties. I have George's "Owning Up" the trilogy. Rum, Bum and Concertina etc. Mick was great. That got me into folk music eventually (via skiffle) I'll have a snifter tonight for him.

Pearly gates are obviously getting closer.

Chas.

Subject: RE: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: Flash Company
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 11:14 AM

When Melly was Slim!!!!! Oh Roger, we must be getting old.
Remember him doing 'Send me to the 'lectric chair' with death agonies. Godbolt relates that he ended the first half of a concert at Pentonville nick with that and then started the second half with 'Frankie & Johnny' (also with death agonies!) Johnny Cash didn't think of it first!

FC

Subject: RE: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: GUEST,Mick,Elaine and Alfie
Date: 29 Dec 06 - 07:55 AM

We live in Pagham and have known Mick from his local pub The Lamb for about 16yrs.Every week we would meet him and have a drink or two and he'd chain smoke and tel us his latest(rudest!) jokes.We last saw him Weds before he died and said he could buy us a drink next time we met.Sadly it was'nt meant to be and we are so sad that he has died.Keep telling your jokes up in Heaven Mick and we,ll have that drink when next we meet.GOD BLESS.XXXX

Subject: RE: Obit: Mick Mulligan, Jazz Trumpeter
From: GUEST,"Chiv" Chambelin
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 02:04 PM

Sorry to hear Mick died. I last saw him in Havent some years ago, full of the humour we know and loved. Sock it to em up there Mick.

Al