Evening star., 1940-11-03

could call it The Dawn Patrol
Mr.. Wallace WINGED Maybe We could
Il got some ideas" | went on. None of
this hee-haw stuff and jug bands. Let's give
hot stuff tune to wake up to. III need some
money for records.
Two bucks" Mr. Wallace said grimly. Il
mean that too,
could tell he did, and | didn't want to
argue | hadn't counted on Mr.. Underwood
canoeing his ten thirty spot, and | figured |
was to blame The new hour meant that Tom
and me had to open up half hour earlier and
Tom wasn't going to like that.
He didn't, but next week we opened up
with The Dawn Patrol me announcing. We
opened with All the World is Waiting for the
Sunrise, said good morning, and then gave
them something not like Tin Roof Blues |
made it fast, with funny Jokes and Conun
drums. figured there was nothing like good
riddle in the morning to clear folks heads.
asked Tom after the first morning what he
thought about it and he said, I'm trying not
to-" But he's sorehead anyway.
Day after the opening figured there'd be
cards in the mail from people asking for
request numbers. but there weren't any, Oh,
yes, there was one penny postcard; 1t WASH |
signed and all it said was, The Lord have
mercy on your soul"
AT the end of the week | still hadn't got
any request cards. | was kind of worried, so
| asked Mr. Wallace how he liked the program.
Il haven't heard it. he said, but nobody
sued us yet.
| asked Mr.. Underwood if he'd heard it
and he said, There's nothing in the contract
that says have to, is there?'
Then the next Tuesday. | got card. 1t
said Enjoy your Dawn Patrol very much.
Please play Go Fly Kite and dedicate it to
Jimmy Lynch. 1t was signed Bessie Rowley."
i SPOTTED that right away. | went over to
the record rack, looked for Jimmy Lynch's
recording of The Angels Sing and found that
Bessie Rowley did the vocal. took the card
into Mr. Wallace and said modestly, We'll.
the trade is paying some attention to me.
anyway
Cooks, you mean
told him who Bessie Rowley was and all
he said was Does she buy her groceries at
Underwood's2"
But even if MIR Wallace wasn't interested
in big name | was talked with Bud
Walker over at the Clarion office, and he
knew Miss Rowley. Sure. she was staying
at the Bar \, and was usually in town around
four at the Desert Bar he said.
Next morning | played Miss Rowey's re-
quest number, Go Fly Kite | gave it a
pretty big play and also the name of Jimmy
Lynch, whom it was dedicated to-
In that afternoons mail was another post
card addressed to The Dawn Patrol. 1t said
Heard the number dedicated to me this
morning and enjoyed it. Please play Scatter
brain tomorrow morning and dedicate it to
Miss Bessie Rowley." 1t was signed Jimmy
Lynch, pOstmarked Alamo Springs.
Boy. that was something me getting
figured The Dawn Patrol must have some
thing, when an orchestra leader and a singer
will get up to listen to it.
That afternoon | went over to the Desert
Bar and ordered a double coke. Pretty soon
the Bar X station wagon pulled in. There
was four men dudes and three women dudes,
two young asked Pete at the bar if any was
Miss Rowley. but he didn t know
But pretty soon, after they'd had one
drink, girl got up and went over to the
juke box and picked out couple of numbers.
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