Michael Bailey Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 Any of you New Orleans experts know any history of this guy? He both performed and had a label "Big Deal" that had releases by Oliver Joy among others. I can't find anything about him on the Internet.
Kenb Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) back in 2018 i did a piece on Philharmonics ( New Orleans, Isaac Bolden, etc). i have a few notes from then... Marty was ( i believe ) a construction worker who won a talent comp about 1955/56. Coincidentally, Kenny Guidry and The Clouds of Joy were runners up.I don't know if the 'Joy biit' has anythng to do with Oliver Joy. @Michael Bailey Edited November 4, 2023 by Kenb
The Yank Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 Is this the same Marty Lewis that owned the Flame label ?
Kenb Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Yank said: Is this the same Marty Lewis that owned the Flame label ? It's definately the same Marty Lewis who was involved with Soulin' Record Co at 1812 Constantinople, N.O. But i thought Flame Records ( and Emalf [Flame backwards] Music Pub) was someone else's. Big Deal records, or maybe Marty himself was at one time located in Cheneyville, just South of Alexandria. Not sure which. Edited November 4, 2023 by Kenb
The Yank Posted November 4, 2023 Posted November 4, 2023 You are correct- Marty recorded for Flame but never owned the label. I did find this 45 mentioned in Cashbox which is not listed on Discogs -
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