Tag: The Little Ramblers

From the Record Shelves #352 - Cross Words Between My Sweetie and MeFrom the Record Shelves #352 – Cross Words Between My Sweetie and Me – If I should celebrate the centenary of this record that I heard so many times, it would be with a light cocktail or a glass of champagne. I really enjoy listening to what was going on in a New York studio on March 30, 1925 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #345 - I Had Someone Else Before I Had YouFrom the Record Shelves #345 – I Had Someone Else Before I Had You – A hundred years from today, but backwards, we had March 16, 1925; that was a Monday. A group including Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, and Adrian Rollini cut a record of a pop tune. The idea of forming this studio group came from (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #299 - Tap Room SpecialFrom the Record Shelves #299 – Tap Room Special – The name “The Little Ramblers” is revived for this session, and the reason is that there is a strong connection to Adrian Rollini since the band heard here was the house band in his club The Tap Room. Here they have (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #296 - Swamp BluesFrom the Record Shelves #296 – Swamp Blues – The Little Ramblers was a logical band name when some members of the California Ramblers wanted to play with fewer people and do something more spontaneous, free from the arrangements, or at least free to (…) read more and listenread more and listen