Comments on: July’s Dardanella of the Month - Sascha Jacobsen http://killthisblog.com/2009/07/31/julys-dardanella-of-the-month-sascha-jacobsen/ Earth's ONLY website. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:17:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jerry Thomas http://killthisblog.com/2009/07/31/julys-dardanella-of-the-month-sascha-jacobsen/#comment-496 Jerry Thomas Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:23:44 +0000 http://killthisblog.com/?p=255#comment-496 Yes, I made it! I almost skipped it, but then I saw the Archive links in the sidebar, and it would have made me sad if there was a missing month there. I do have ideas for posts, but not so much time just now. So the Dardanella keeps it going. It's not my favorite rendering of the song either. It sounds perfunctory, like, "okay, folks - here's what Dardanella sounds like on a violin." I wish I had more info on Sascha -- if you click around the 'Net, you'll find a current musician using the same name, and I suspect he's a relative. The picture of the record label on the vid has some catalog numbers, which could be a clue as to when the recording was made. Yes, I made it! I almost skipped it, but then I saw the Archive links in the sidebar, and it would have made me sad if there was a missing month there. I do have ideas for posts, but not so much time just now. So the Dardanella keeps it going.

It’s not my favorite rendering of the song either. It sounds perfunctory, like, “okay, folks - here’s what Dardanella sounds like on a violin.” I wish I had more info on Sascha — if you click around the ‘Net, you’ll find a current musician using the same name, and I suspect he’s a relative.

The picture of the record label on the vid has some catalog numbers, which could be a clue as to when the recording was made.

]]> By: Random Kath http://killthisblog.com/2009/07/31/julys-dardanella-of-the-month-sascha-jacobsen/#comment-495 Random Kath Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:28:09 +0000 http://killthisblog.com/?p=255#comment-495 Wow! You made it! I wasn't sure if you were going to do one this month, so Yay! It's weird, but I think Jacobson plays the melody a bit faster than I'd like. He seems to be rushing through and it seems that with the violin he could have really brought out the sweetness of the tune, IMHO. Great story about the salvage of the violin . . . I didn't know they could reconstruct things like that. Kudos to Mr. Weisshaar! :-) Wow! You made it! I wasn’t sure if you were going to do one this month, so Yay!

It’s weird, but I think Jacobson plays the melody a bit faster than I’d like. He seems to be rushing through and it seems that with the violin he could have really brought out the sweetness of the tune, IMHO.

Great story about the salvage of the violin . . . I didn’t know they could reconstruct things like that. Kudos to Mr. Weisshaar! :-)

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