Thursday, March 05, 2009

More Merle Evans #3


Scan11417, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

For some reason you don't see many musicians with mustaches so it's always easy to spot Henry Kyes in the brass section.
Henry was band leader on the Polack Show when we were there in the 1960's.

Posted by Buckles at 3/05/2009 05:56:00 AM

3 comments:

Eric said...

Henry Kyes bore a strong resemblance to band leader Paul Whiteman and was billed as “The Paul Whiteman of the Big Top.” Smokey once told me that Kyes even used the principal theme from RHAPSODY IN BLUE as an overture. (The Paul Whiteman orchestra had originally premiered this work.) In 1943, Henry Kyes was borrowed from the big show band to conduct SPANGLES, the one-ring “Continental Circus” that Robert Ringling produced for Madison Square Garden.

05 March, 2009 13:06
klsdad said...

.. One ring....ONE RING???

Oh my God.. the sky is falling... the sky is falling!!

klsdad

05 March, 2009 15:58
Anonymous said...

But, as Pete Cristiani points out, even with a strong performance bill, including the Cristianis, the show was not a box office success.

Lane Talburt

05 March, 2009 19:06

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