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The WDZ Screw Ball Club
DADIO'S biggest little band, "The WDZ Screw Ball Club", provides entertainment that delights the young and old alike.
They are pictured above just as they appear in the studio each afternoon for their rollicking jam session and informal discussion of the most whimsical events of the day. The band was organized here at WDZ less than a year ago by Dippy Johnston (seated on the piano), who came to this station as Musical Director, after a career in the music business with some of the biggest band leaders in the country, plus a Chicago band of his own, which he organized and directed in 1933 and 1934.
According to Dippy, their winter schedule Includes a great deal
of dance and show work outside their regular radio activities.
Curly Bray, competent bass player, better known to the Screw Ball fans as "Dog House Cur ley", is the possessor of a very pleasing Irish tenor voice.
Ciorl Poulton, jovially referred to as ' Six String Gerty" on the show, was born in West Virginia, a hillbilly as exemplified by his compositions, "When It's Lamp-Lightin' Time In The Valley", "We'll Rest At The End Of The Trail", and his most recent release, published by Broadcast Music, Inc. "There's An Old Easy Chair By The Fire Place". Curt's rendition of his own niimbers is a welcome addition to the versatility of this
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splendid organization.
Bashful Bob Mills, Pianist and staff Accordionist is a thorough musicicTP. and fills that position most competently.
"Fish Horn Buddie", Bud Carter, his real name, hails from Southern Illinois where he claims he learned to play saxophone as the line of least resistance. Bud weights only 96 pounds and takes considerable pushing around both verbally and physically.
The Screw Ball Chib is truly a program of merit in that it is entirely different from any show yet devised, and its ten thousand paid members bespeaks the value of such a program on any radio station.
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