Bartholomew led his first studio session under his own name in 1947 for Deluxe, but the label went out of business shortly thereafter and the sessions went unnoticed. This became the band that backed up the majority of solo talent traveling through New Orleans.
After his stint in the service, Bartholomew returned to New Orleans and put together a group of musicians that would comprise the bedrock of R&B in the city, including saxophonists Alvin "Red" Tyler, Lee Allen, and drummer Earl Palmer.
His military time brought scoring and arranging experience which came in handy following World War II. He fronted several bands in the Crescent City before being drafted into the army. His first instruments were tuba and trumpet. Bartholomew was born in Edgard, LA, on December 24, 1920. Track listing can be found at Stefan's site.ĭave Bartholomew is the multi-talented figure behind a majority of classic New Orleans R&B of the '50s and the self-proclaimed inventor of the "Big Beat." Bartholomew has over 4000 songs in his enormous catalog and is responsible for arranging and producing timeless records by Shirley & Lee, Lloyd Price, Smiley Lewis, and especially Fats Domino. You don't need these as everything is available in far better quality spread over a 100 cd's. DIY covers from Skinnymom as the original white covers are boring. The sound quality and mastering of the LP's ranges from OK to bloody awful with vol. You might get the occasional pop/click but nothing serious. Welcome to Joe Blogs! I hope you will enjoy the show.These are new rips at 320kbs from vinyl that is at least VG+ and all with the original inserts except vol. I think about that now as I begin this new adventure … it has always been about just writing stories and then having some faith that those stories will find readers. It was in there, the whole story, top of page 41, a big photo of Byron Dinkins and a headline: “ Dinkins Sparkles in the Sun Belt ” with the subhead “UNCC’s Undersized Guard Is Overachiever.” At the bottom, there were the words “Continued on, Column 1” (they ran the WHOLE STORY). Then one day, I got a call from my friend Rob Sadoff: “Have you looked at this week’s Sporting News yet? You’re in there!” I never heard back, which was unsurprising. I could not possibly have expected them to even open the envelope. I could not possibly have expected them to actually run it. And I just put it in an envelope, added a stamp, and mailed the story to The Sporting News completely cold. In any case, I did all the reporting, and then I wrote the story on the electric typewriter that I had gotten as a gift from my mother. I wouldn’t have wanted to get anybody’s hopes up. I also don’t remember what I TOLD any of these people I interviewed like, did I say that I was doing it for The Sporting News when I had never even spoken to them about it? I’m sure I didn’t do that. I interviewed an assistant coach, some teammates, maybe Dinkins’ high school coach, I can’t even remember. I interviewed the legendary coach Gene Bartow, who followed John Wooden at UCLA. I interviewed the basketball coach, a former NBA star named Jeff Mullins.
I never actually talked to anyone at The Sporting News about it - I wouldn’t have even known how to do that then - and I had no reason at all to believe that they had any interest in a story about Byron Dinkins or UNC Charlotte.īut I did it anyway. And then I would send it to The Sporting News. I decided to write a story about Byron Dinkins, a basketball star at my school, UNC Charlotte. Some years ago, when I was in college, I tried something that I now think was pretty crazy. The core subscription price is $7 per month or $60 per year.
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