Hot Club of Spokane's CD celebrates Bing, Mildred, and Al
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Please kickstart Hot Club of Spokane's debut CD project, dedicated to the preservation of Spokane's rich music heritage.
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Dates: Dec 2nd -> Jan 3rd (33 days)
Project By: Garrin Hertel
Backers: 79
Average Pledge Per Backer: $58
Funded: $4,569 of $4,500
Dates: Dec 2nd -> Jan 3rd (33 days)
Project By: Garrin Hertel
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Last Updated: January 3 @ 03:01 -0500 GMT
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Latest News
Where is Mildred? Julia Keefe Presses for Mildred Bailey's Induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame 
December 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Where is Mildred? by Julia Keefe Excerpted from the March/April 2012 issue of Nostalgia Magazine Mildred Bailey, circa 1930. Photo courtesy of the Keefe Family Archives. Where is Mildred?” I thought, while walking through the Jazz Hall of Fame at... (Read More)
American Masters Documentary Now Online
December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
If you missed the American Masters Documentary on Bing Crosby, you can now watch it online here: Bing Crosby ~ Full Film: Bing Crosby Rediscovered | American Masters | PBS (Read More)
Al Rinker on Bing Crosby and The Rhythm Boys
December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
While not always factually correct, this little video on YouTube references all three of the Spokane music icons Hot Club of Spokane will be celebrating on our debut album. What's not correct, you ask? Well, the video names Al Rinker as a fellow... (Read More)
Local Historian William Stimson on Bing's Neighborhood & Childhood
December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
William Stimson is writing a book on Bing Crosby's early life in Spokane (from 1906 to 1925). In 2012, he appeared on a radio program called "White Christmas at 70", which you can listen to and download... (Read More)
Hot Club of Spokane appears on the KSPS program NW Profiles
December 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Learn more about Hot Club of Spokane and Nostalgia Magazine on the KSPS program NW Profiles. KSPS is the PBS affiliate in Spokane, WA. (Read More)
Hot Club of Spokane on Crossroads radio program on KYRS
December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
"Crossroads Bob" welcomed Abbey Crawford and Garrin Hertel of Hot Club of Spokane to his radio program on KYRS in Spokane to talk about Hot Club of Spokane's upcoming debut CD project. Listen in for information about the project, Christmas songs the... (Read More)
Robert Bader, Bing Crosby Enterprises, on board for Hot Club of Spokane's Debut CD project
December 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Robert Bader and Bing Crosby Enterprises has agreed to be a content sponsor for Hot Club of Spokane's Debut CD project and CD Release Event at the Bing Crosby Theater on May 2nd, 2015. Garrin Hertel, the bandleader of Hot Club of Spokane, has... (Read More)
CD Release Party date set! May 2, 2015 at 1pm at the Bing Crosby Theater
December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Save the date! Hot Club of Spokane will be celebrating the lives and music of Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, and Al Rinker with our Debut CD project on May 2nd, 2015 at 1pm. (That's the day before Bing Crosby's birthday!) The concert will include music... (Read More)
William Stimson on Bing Crosby's early life in Spokane
December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
In October, William Stimson appeared on the Nostalgia Radio Hour, interviewed by Spokane's own "Sunshine Shelly Monahan" about Bing's early life in Spokane. "Bing was thoroughly a Spokane person. …He was the same person in Hollywood that he was... (Read More)
Julia Rinker-Miller on the Nostalgia Radio Hour
December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Back in August, Julia Rinker-Miller spoke via telephone with Garrin Hertel, host of the Nostalgia Radio Hour in Spokane, WA. As part of the segment, you'll hear her dad, Al Rinker, talk about growing up with his sister, Mildred Bailey, in Tekoa, WA.... (Read More)
Al Rinker and the Duchess of Idaho
December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Shot not too far away from Spokane in Sun Valley, Idaho, the 1950 romantic comedy "Duchess of Idaho" featured a variety of songs written by Al Rinker and Floyd Huddleston. Al's daughter, Julia Rinker-Miller, remembers sitting at the piano bench with... (Read More)
Jazz Lives blog post: "WHO ERASED MILDRED BAILEY?"
December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Mildred Bailey was born in Tekoa, WA and later moved to nearby Spokane, WA. MICHAEL STEINMAN writes: "I have been listening to Mildred Bailey’s singing since the early Seventies, when I found the three-record Columbia set devoted to her recordings... (Read More)
Famous Today, Forgotten Tomorrow - A WSJ Article
December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal asks: "If we don’t remember Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, will tomorrow’s generation remember the Beatles and Bob Dylan?" "Shunning rigidity, histrionics and bellowing to the back row, Crosby utilized the... (Read More)
Local Connections: Our Christmas selections for 2014
December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Some have asked what local connections tie our Christmas selections to Bing, Mildred, and/or Al. Here's a little background - remember, you can download all five of these tunes as part of the rewards of kickstarting our CD project dedicated to our... (Read More)
Al Rinker: Everybody Wants to Be A Swingin' Cat
December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Al Rinker at the piano (right) along with Scat Cat and the band, from Disney's 1970 animated film "The Aristocats" Al Rinker, who attended North Central High School in Spokane, WA, often gets overlooked in Spokane music history. It's a shame, too.... (Read More)
Music and more: A different kind of CD Project
December 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hot Club of Spokane is led by Garrin Hertel, who happens also to be the publisher of Nostalgia Magazine. As part of our CD project, Garrin will be putting together some audio documentary shorts that will be included on the CD and accessible when you... (Read More)
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