Back to the Big Bands

Peter Robinson has a nifty piece on Forbes this evening about Big Bands; regular readers will recognize this as a subject near and dear to my heart. I was raised on that music because my mother and father loved it and the 40s station is a regular on my XM radio.

Robinson writes about his teenagers discovering Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and the great Gene Krupa.

So like Robinson, who was sick of blogging about politics today, I'm doing the same and re-posting my favorite Gene Krupa moment. Do yourself a favor and watch it; it'll make you smile.

Listening To..........

This song just makes me want to take up smoking and sit in a dark club with 1940s Big Band music, sip on a smooth, strong bourbon, watch couples sway on the dance floor and linger into the long, slow hours of the night.

Oh. My. God.