Talk:Alvino Rey

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[edit] Dates of Alvino Rey

Why is it in no histories of Alvino Rey do I ever find reference to his musical alter ego, Ira Ironstrings? In the 60's, Rey came up with a distinct sound by blending the banjo with the vibrophone and applied it to several LPs on the Warner Bros label that took a whimsical, tongue in cheek whack at classic dance tunes and dixieland melodies. The LPs were all released listing Ira Ironstrings as the bandleader. They were further helped along by hilarious liner notes about the fictional band. It was a deep, dark secret in the musical world as to just who Ira Ironstrings was, but it eventually came out that Rey was the man who but the unique sound and arrangements together. It was a very unique voicing and an absolutely fun kind of music. The only LP ever to make it to the digital age was Ira Ironstrings Plays Santa Claus. The rest are available only as LPs at garage sales and thru collectors. I wish someone would make them available as mp3 dowloads. It was great "drivin' music!" 12.218.223.144 (talk) 20:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Bob Barnes, voguy@kconline.com

[edit] Real day of birth?

July 1, 1907

as stated in the article

July 1, 1908

as stated on external links (Jazz Journalists Association: http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078099444, SpaceAgePop.com: http://www.spaceagepop.com/rey.htm, New York Times: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E2D9103CF934A15751C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=)

July 1, 1911

as stated on external link (Solid!: http://www.parabrisas.com/d_reya.php)

As written on the obituary in the New York Times: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E2D9103CF934A15751C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon= he died at 95, that would result in a day of birth in 1908.

[edit] Real day of death?

February 2, 2004

as stated in the article

February 26, 2004

as stated on external link (Jazz Journalists Association: http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078099444)

February 23, 2004

as stated on external link (SpaceAgePop.com: http://www.spaceagepop.com/rey.htm)

February 24, 2004 (also different place

Draper, UT)

as stated on external link (Solid!: http://www.parabrisas.com/d_reya.php)

--Davero (62.47.186.14 (talk) 22:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC))