Beginnings

[stu]

Old Dude's mention of the LP 'Django' made me smile. I also listened to it almost daily. It triggered off a fun 'army days' memory. I met a guy who was also an MJQ fan. I worked in the kitchen and one day while carrying a real hot tray of newly cooked roast beef he crept up behind me and suddenly started humming the Django theme, his Milt Jackson imitation bit, very loudly... "Dooooing, doooooing!...I dropped the tray! After recovering the valuable beef and tidying it up, we laughed then I immediately went into simulating playing a double bass and humming the Percy Heath bass line to Django while he continued to do his Milt..."doooing, doooooing" bit. The sergeant appeared to see what the noise was all about but being quite a fun type he just shook his head and muttered, "I always knew you two were nuts!"

[OLDUDE]

Hi again Stu - that sounds like my National Service days to me (surely not an old gadgy like me ?)

See my post of Jul 10

Cheers John

[stu]

Hi again John. Ha, seems like I am an old gadgy like you! National service 1955- 1957. I joined when I was eighteen and served my permanent posting in Devon with The Army Catering Corps.

[JHC]

Greetings stu, so your dob = 1937 as a MJQ fan should we revive an old thread http://www.magle.dk/music-forums/11753-mjq-thread.html

[OLDUDE]

Snap stu,
I was in dec 1957-Nov 1957 in RAOC. as a Clerk Tech.
I was based in RAOC Records, Leicester for 3 months then Longtown CAD the rest of '56. Finally in Famagusta depot for whole of '57.

Cheers John

[JHC]

I used to go to quite a few dances in Leicester.