BAJA Christmas Present

[Steve Sidoruk]

Here is something fun for Julius Wechter fans:

 

[Captain Bacardi]

Cool video Steve. Thanks!

I always cringe when I see Dave Wells dragging his trombone on the ground - and this time he has two 'bones. A bent slide just waiting to happen.

 

[Mike Blakesley]

I like it! This is my favorite version of this song for one simple reason: No words.

 

[Rudy]

Cool video Steve. Thanks!

I always cringe when I see Dave Wells dragging his trombone on the ground - and this time he has two 'bones. A bent slide just waiting to happen.

Could be a pawnshop "junker".

 

[mikeargo]

Thank you Steve for this boss baja seasonal moment!

=Mike A.

 

[Dave]

An "abbreviated Partridge" saves us the monotony of ALL 12 Days! Thank you, Steve...


-- Dave

 

[Harry]

The classiest arrangement that song has ever had! Thanks Steve (and thanks, Julius and Herb!)

Harry

 

[Harry]

From Billboard in another December, 45 years ago:

Harry

 

[Captain Bacardi]

Funny to see how the TJB made "only" $400,000 for 11 performances back then. I wonder what that translates into todays dollars?

 

[Mike Blakesley]

Well...I help book talent for our local county fair, so I get to see the "price lists" for a lot of acts. Top acts today can command anywhere from $300,000 to over $1 million for a performance. In '66 there WERE bigger super-stars than Herb (Beatles, Sinatra, and so on) so he probably wasn't considered the "number one" act by the industry. So, given that, I would take a wild guess that you could probably multiply the 1966 numbers by somewhere between 10 and 20 to get an answer. In other words, in today's dollars the TJB would get anywhere from $360,000 to $725,000 for a performance.

 

[Steven J. Gross]

(Just a bonus Christmas video, Julius played on the album of course...)

 

[mikeargo]

Man, those were the days. Thanks, Steven. Time to crack open the TJB Christmas Album and Something Festive again. And . . . "Christmas Isn't Christmas Without You," by Julius and Cissy.

Mike A.

 

[Steven J. Gross]

Man, those were the days. Thanks, Steven. Time to crack open the TJB Christmas Album and Something Festive again. And . . . "Christmas Isn't Christmas Without You," by Julius and Cissy.

Mike A.

Absolutely Mike- btw- I like your av- I'm a big Mannix theme fan

 

[Charles H.]

This well-produced video makes me wish for a Baja Marimba Band Christmas album! The BMB versions of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," "Las Mananitas" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" are outstanding. If only the group had recorded about seven more seasonal tunes, we'd have an entire album to go with the wonderful "Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Christmas Album."

Thanks, Steve.

Charles

 

[musicfirst]

Thanks, Steve. That was the best version of Twelve Days" yet. The Baja guys never looked better. And, your ending sentiment was so spot on. Julius was a gentle man. Best of the season to you and you family!