Last summer Van played in Germany with Sam Butera. Sam was Luis Prima's legendary sideman--and is still performing.

Both Van and Sam are legendary at least among musicians. But if you're not a musician and have heard of Sam them then you're really showing your age. Van is the man of a hundred albums and still mostly known for one hit. Sidemen are never stars but Sam came close. Both are likely to be played and imitated for centuries. Wish I could have heard them together.

Well, if you're starved for pop music that actually has some excitement and where the musicians actually learned to play before their careers were over then check out Louis Prima's 'The Wildest Revisited,' a Capital CD. It's a mixture of swing, dixie and early 50's rock. It rocked then and still rocks--especially given what we've got for pop these days. Now I'll try to get back to tractors.

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