Samantha and Tony’s Wedding At Margan Winery

On Saturday 2 November, Sydney’s only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer with trio – sextet, Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, were honoured to play at Samantha and Tony’s Wedding in the wine making centre of New South Wales, the Hunter Valley.

I’m posting some photos of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters playing for guests during pre-dinner drinks on the lawn, followed by the quintet serenading guests inside the long Barrel Room at Margan Winery.

Congratulations Samantha and Tony! We always play for beautiful and special weddings. Samantha’s and Tony’s was especially beautiful.

For your 1920s – 1930s theme party, wedding or corporate event call Tony to ask about Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, Sydney only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer and band:

Email Tony Jex
Call:  61 2 9567 7171   |   0407 941 263

 

Greg Poppleton singing during pre-dinner drinks at Samantha and Tony’s wedding, Margan Winery, Broke NSW

 

We were asked to play the first set on the lawn as a duo or trio for pre-dinner drinks. But a quartet is even better (at no extra cost)! Greg Poppleton (voc) Geoff Power (trombone and trumpet) Chuck Morgan (guitar) Darcy Wright (double bass)

 

This is the Barrel Room at Margan Winery where the reception took place, taken from where the band set up to play after pre-dinner drinks.

 

Geoff Power playing trumpet with Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters. The 5-piece band, 1930s swing vocals, trumpet, guitar, double bass and drums fit into a very small space. We were mindful of not intruding on the conversations of guests sitting right up next to the band while still spreading the music so it could be heard softly at the far end of a very long room. As it turned out, the guests closest to the band were already fans of some of the musicians (who are Sydney’s best.). By the end of the night they were also very enthusiastic fans of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters.

 

Chuck Morgan, guitar, Darcy Wright, double bass with Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

 

Here is one last picture of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters playing in the Barrel Room, Margan Winery, Hunter Valley for Samantha’s and Tony’s wedding. I was singing, too. But I was taking the pictures so there are no snaps of me in the room. In this photo: Lawrie Thompson drums, Geoff Power, muted trumpet, Darcy Wright double bass with Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Remember, for your 1920s – 1930s theme party, wedding or corporate event call Tony to ask about Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, Sydney only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer and band:

Email Tony Jex
Call:  61 2 9567 7171   |   0407 941 263

2013 Glen Street Theatre Jazz Festival 1920s Singer And Orchestra

The Lounge Bar Lotharios – 1920s Dance Orchestra

Roaring 20s Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, opened the 2013 Glen Street Theatre Jazz Festival on 6 September. Here are some photos of Sydney’s only authentic 1920s dance orchestra on stage…

Tony is available to help you have the band for your occasion, too: T: 02 9567 7171 | M: 0407 941 263 | E: OzManagement

Greg Poppleton, authentic 1920s singer, on stage at The Glen Street Theatre with Roaring 20s dance orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Geoff Power, 1st trumpet and musical director with The Lounge Bar Lotharios

Ben Gurton, trombone

Al Davey, trumpet

Paul Furniss, reeds

Tony is available to help you have the band for your occasion, too: T: 02 9567 7171 | M: 0407 941 263 | E: OzManagement

SwingKatz Dancers

Ron Nairn, reeds

Tony Gardner, piano

Grahame Conlon, banjo

Rod Herbert, sousaphone

Lawrie Thompson, drums

Brass and Reeds, the Lounge Bar Lotharios

The Lounge Bar Lotharios take a bow

All photos copyright Bob Gardner 2013.

Tony is available to help you have the band for your occasion, too: T: 02 9567 7171 | M: 0407 941 263 | E: OzManagement

Family Connections To Phantom Dancer Radio Shows

Recently The Phantom Dancer has been contacted by family members of some of the singers and radio personalities presented each week on the show. So this week I’ve put up two sets of live radio featuring talent that some Phantom Dancers have a personal connection to – Lawrie Brooks, John Reed King, The Thrasher Sisters and Eleanor Russell.

Now, you can check out this show online (after 20 Sep) and hear earlier Phantom Dancer shows any time you wish over the next month by following The Phantom Dancer links at 2ser.com

And The Phantom Dancer Video of the Week – a WMGM NY ‘Doctor Jazz’ show aircheck of Ride Red Ride, Henry Red Allen, Stuyvesant casino, New York, 24 Feb 1952…

Play List – The Phantom Dancer 107.3 2SER-FM Sydney, Live Stream, Digital Radio Community Radio Network Show #71 2SER Tuesday 17 September 2013 12 noon – 2:00pm (+10 hours GMT) Set 1 Open + Begin The Beguine Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Casino Gardens Ocean Park Ca AFRS Re-broadcast 24 Oct 1945 Frolic Sam Duke Ellington Orchestra ‘Saturday Night Swing Club’ WABC CBS NY 12 Jun 37 Blues On Parade + Close Woody Herman Orchestra Famous Door WEAF NBC Red NY 7 Jan 1940 Set 2 Is This Going To Be My Lucky Summer? Jack Birch ‘Gulf Spray Show’ WABC CBS NY 1940 Be Anything, But Darling Be Mine Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (voc) Eleanor Russell Starlite Roof Edgewater Hotel CBS Madison Wi 4 Aug 1952 Lili Marlene Lawrie Brooks (voc) ‘Humphrey Bishop Cavalcade’ 2CH AWA Sydney 1944 Set 3 Shoo-Shoo Baby Thrasher Sisters (voc) Phil Davis Orchestra ‘Fountain Of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati OH 21 Nov 1943 Idaho Thrasher Sisters (voc) Phil Davis Orchestra ‘Fountain Of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati OH 11 Oct 1943 Tuesday At Ten Thrasher Sisters (voc) Phil Davis Orchestra ‘Fountain Of Fun’ WLW Cincinnati OH 28 Nov 1943 Set 4 Open + One For The Boys Tommy Pederson Orchestra ‘One Night Stand’ Palladium Ballroom Hollywood AFRS Re-broadcast Mar 1947 Open + Sugar Sextet From Hunger ‘Jubilee’ AFRS Hollywood 1947 I Ain’t Getting Any Younger Woody Herman (voc) Third Herd ‘Just Jazz’ Shrine Auditorium AFRS Los Angeles 1947 Set 5 The Pants That My Pappy Gave To Me Bob Dyer (voc) and The Mountain Boys Comm Rec Sydney 23 Aug 1940 Open + Tonight You Belong To Me Bob Crosby, Paula Kelly and The Modernaires, Bob Crosby Orchestra ‘Bob Crosby Show’ Television City Hollywood 1955 Bugle Call Rag + Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller Orchestra Glen Island Casino New Rochelle NY WEAF NBC Red NY 10 Aug 1939 Set 6 The Little Man Who Wasn’t There Johnny Messner Orchestra Radio Transcription New York 1939 Nellie’s Nightmare Buddy Rich Orchestra Band Remote New York 1947 Lover Come Back To Me Artie Shaw Orchestra Blue Room Hotel Lincoln WOR Mutual NY 18 Jan 1939 Girl Of My Dreams The Cab Jivers Broadcast 1940 Set 7 Ornithology Howard McGhee (tp) Les Robinson (as) Lucky Thompson (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Irving Ashby (g) Red Callender (b) Jackie Mills (d) ‘Junior Jazz At The Auditorium’ Los Angeles Aug 1946 Open + Sid’s Ahead Miles Davis (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Cannonball Adderley (as) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Joe Jones (d) The Spotlight ABC Washington DC Feb 1959 Set 8 Please Ambrose Orchestra (voc) Sam Browne Comm Rec London 1933 Open + Flowers For Madam Ray Noble Ochestra (voc) Al Bowlly ‘Coty Hour’ WEAF NBC Red NY 13 Mar 1935 We Shall Have Music Jack Hylton Orchestra BBC Broadcast London 7 Sep 1944 Etude In Red Vic Lewis Jazzmen BBC Broadcast London 22 Aug 1945 Set 8 What’s The Matter Now Clyde Hart All-Stars (voc) Rubberlegs Williams Comm Rec New York Jan 1945 High On An Open Mike Charlie Ventura ‘Symphony Sid Show’ Royal Roost WMCA NY 1948 Smoke Signals + Theme Oscar Pettiford Birdland WJZ ABC NY 26 May 1957

Sydney Jazz Club Concert – Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters

Hello Bakeliters,

On July 10, a beautifully sunny Wednesday afternoon in Sydney, Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters, played their jazz from the 1920s to a harbourside room brimming with Sydney Jazz Club members in the Sydney Flying Squadron club.

The dance floor was full.

In the band: Greg Poppleton Sydney only authentic 1920s – 1930s singer, Paul Furniss alto sax and clarinet, Al Davey trumpet and trombone, Geoff Power sousaphone, Grahame Conlon banjo, Lawrie Thompson drums and washboard.

Pictures tell a thousand words about the event. Motion pictures a thousand more. Here are two YouTube clips of Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters on 10 July playing St James Infirmary and Ain’t Misbehavin’. Enjoy and check out the band’s latest album, CD and download, on Bandcamp, Doin’ The Charleston

AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ – SYDNEY JAZZ CLUB CONCERT

The lyrics I sing on St James Infirmary are different from the lyrics usually trotted out. I chose them from a treasure trove of verses I found printed as part of a 1920s published arrangement. I chose verses that have the most relevance to me, and I hope, you. They’re about loss as distinct from blokes in box back coats with gold coins covering their eyes. Who’s worn a box back coat down the local pub any day since 1899?

ST JAMES INFIRMARY – SYDNEY JAZZ CLUB CONCERT

We’d love to play at your place, too, at your wedding, party or company function. Email me, Greg, bookings@bakelitejazz.com

The Lounge Bar Lotharios – BMLOT Awards 3 August 2012

Looking for something to do this sunny Sunday afternoon? Catch Sydney’s 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra, The Lounge Bar Lotharios, 2:15 – 3pm at the Moocooboola Festival, Hunters Hill

Just last Friday, The Lotharios entertained at the annual BMLOT Awards in the iconic Carrington Hotel, Katoomba. BMLOT stands for Blue Mountains, Lithgow, Oberon Tourism and the 2012 Awards is one of the biggest nights in the Greater Blue Mountains social calendar

The Lotharios played for BMLOT at their annual Winter Ball at The Fairmont Resort last May

It’s exciting to hear all about the great things the Blue Mountains has to offer local and overseas tourists. The Mountains are abuzz with creativity and the spirit of diversity and entrepreneurship thrives there

Singer Greg Poppleton returns to the Carrington, in their Grand Dining Room, Friday 23 February, with his 5-piece Greg Poppleton and his Bakelite Broadcasters for dining, dancing and Charlestoning at the Carrington’s Roaring 20s Ball

Today, you can see Roaring 20s Lounge Bar Lotharios FREE at the Moocooboola Festival, Boronia Park, Hunters Hill, 2:15 – 3pm. We look forward to seeing you!

Here’s a photo of the Lotharios at the BMLOT awards. If you’d like Sydney’s 1920s Great Gatsby Orchestra to add WOW to you occasion, please contact Tony

The Lounge Bar Lotharios, 2012 BMLOT Awards, Carrington Hotel, Katoomba. Singer, Greg Poppleton. Musical Director, Geoff Power

Greg Poppleton @ Concrete Blonde 1 July

Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters play the songs of the 1920s for Sunday Jazz Lunch at Concrete Blonde, 33 Bayswater Road, Potts Point, 1 July, 1 – 4pm. Music rarely heard and never forgotten. Books advised: +61 2 9380 8307

Please visit Greg Poppleton & his Bakelite Broadcasters’ Official Website: www.bakelitejazz.com