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Traditional jazz tubaist Mike Walbridge has been active on the Chicago scene for forty five years as leader of the Chicago Footwarmers and a member of the Chicago Salty Dogs. Clarinetist/alto saxist Kim Cusack has been jamming with Mike since their teens! Kim has been active for many years also in the Footwarmers, the Salty Dogs, Jim Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band and several groups at Andy's, one of Chicago's best jazz clubs. This CD features two mid-60s sessions previously available on the Blackbird plus a newly recorded 2007 session. The 60s sessions feature Johnny Cooper, piano; Eddie Lynch, banjo; Glen Koch, drums. The 2007 session features Don Stiernberg, banjo/guitar; Bob Cousins, drums. Album Tracks 1. I Would Do Anything for You 2. On the Alamo 3. I Never Knew 4. Sugar 5. Nobody's Sweetheart 6. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 7. Tin Roof Blues 8. When My Dreamboat Comes Home 9. Nagasaki 10. Angry 11. Sunday 12. Crazy Rhythm 13. Down Where the Sun Goes Down 14. Darktown Strutters Ball 15. Love Me or Leave Me 16. Big Butter & Egg Man 17. My Honey's Lovin' Arms
