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Politically Incorrect Rolls & J. Lawrence Cook
By Andy Taylor

Gentlemen:  I have been reading the thread of politically incorrect
lyrics on piano rolls and just wondered one thing.

Did J. Lawrence Cook, the grand master of arrangers, ever arrange such
a roll?  That would be a interesting thing to find out!

I would really appreciate knowing if Mr. Cook ever arranged a roll with
these type of lyrics.  If Cook had no problem with it, I don't see why
his peers would.  If he did, what would the forces-that-be be able to
say or denounce it?

I don't think anybody ever chained him to the old arranging piano and
forced him to do anything he didn't want to do.  (Whatever happened to
that old arranging machine anyway?)

Best Regards

Andy & Chris Taylor - "The Lone Arranger"
Tempola Music Rolls - "Taylor Made" Just For You
http://home.swbell.net/tempola/index.html

 [ See the old QRS stop-tab arranging piano, and many other photos which
 [ accompany Karl Ellison's article about the AMICA 1998 Convention in 
 [ Niagara Falls, at
 [
 [   http://mmd.foxtail.com/Events
 [
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Mon 27 Jul 1998, 04:43:07 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Cook, Incorrect, J, Lawrence, Politically, Rolls

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