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The Boswell Sisters
JIMMY JAZZ: One of the best ways to learn about the Boswell Sisters is to listen to their music. Jimmie Jazz of www.wool.fm in Bellows Falls, Vermont, has put together a great two hour program that tells the story of Martha, Connee and Vet through quotes from writers and the Sisters themselves, accompanied by their songs. Bozzies.com recommends that you turn down the light, turn up the speakers and spend a couple of hours getting to know the Boswell Sisters. Navigate on over to http://www.jimmiejazzarchive.com and scroll past some other great names of the 1920s and 30s until you reach the Boswell launch button. Click on and get Bozzed.
OFFBEAT: There’s a great article by Steve Steinberg in Offbeat magazine. This article credits Connee’s paralysis to an accident, contrary to what you will read in the bozzies.com timeline. We’ve seen the articles from the 30s and 40s that spell out this version of the story and have seen evidence to support that Connee had a theory that accidents left people vulnerable to contracting the disease. But we base our timeline statement on a TV interview with Connee did with Lee Phillips in 1963 where she states that she had infantile paralysis, as well as an interview Vet did with Lou Dumont of Keene State College which may be heard on the CD “First Ladies of Radio featuring the Boswell Sisters.”
SOLID: A decent filmography and resources for ordering Boswell Music is available at http://www.parabrisas.com/d_boswellsisters.php.
