Clancy Hayes

Clancy Hayes (* 14. November 1908 in Caney (Kansas) as Clarence Leonard Hayes ; † 3. March 1972 in San Francisco ) was an American musician ( jazz vocals , banjo , guitar , percussion , piano , drums ) and songwriter of the New Orleans Jazz Revivals in San Francisco, also known by the nickname "Swingin 'Minstrel".

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Clancy Hayes began his career in his home state of Kansas; he lived for a short time in Parsons, Kansas ; the city became the subject of his early song "The Parsons, Kansas Blues". In 1926 he moved to San Francisco and soon became a well-known member of the local jazz scene; he later appeared regularly on radio broadcasts on local stations in San Francisco until the 1950s. From 1938 he was a singer, banjo player and occasionally percussionist Lu Watters ' Yerba Buena Jazz Band , which was the leading formation of the Dixieland Revival of those years. Hayes was also involved in the recording of the group with Bunk Johnson (1944) (" Careless Love Blues ").

Hayes began to record his own music early in 1946, so unaccompanied recordings, sessions with various musicians in clubs or for radio stations were made on an early tape recorder. These tapes, which only appeared in 2001, also contain songs written by him such as "George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S., Robert E. Lee". In addition to guitar and banjo, he can also be heard as a ragtime pianist, drummer and percussionist on the washboard.

In the 1950s he was one of the main exponents of revival jazz with Turk Murphy and Lu Watters, also appeared with Louis Armstrong , Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines and recorded a 78 for Mercury Records with the Les Paul Trio, "Nobody But You" and "On The Street of Regret". For a long time he was also a member of Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band , until after 1959 he worked with his own groups. In the 1960s, Hayes also played with the revival formations Firehouse Five Plus Two , Turk Murphy , a forerunner of The World's Greatest Jazz Band and his own groups, which also included pianist Ralph Sutton .

He also made recordings under his own name for Verve (1950), Audio Fidelity (1960), Good Time Jazz (1963), Delmark , ABC-Paramount and Fat Cat Jazz (1969). His repertoire included saloon songs such as “Ace in the Hole” "," Wise Guy "and" Silver Dollar "; Hayes also composed his only hit, Huggin 'and Chalkin', which Hoagy Carmichael recorded; Hayes himself played it with Bob Scobey's band. He died of throat cancer in March 1972 in San Francisco , after shortly before - having been deprived of his voice - he had recorded a few piano rags.

Discographic notes

Satchel of Song: Clancy Hayes' Private Collection Vol. 1, 1939-1972 (San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation, ed. 2001)
Clancy Hayes Sings / Lu Watters And His Jazz Band (Verve Down Home Series, 1950, ed. Ca.1956)
Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band w / Clancy Hayes (RCA, 1955)
Swingin 'Minstrel (Good Time Jazz, 1956)
Clancy Hayes & The Salty Dogs: Oh! By Jingo (Delmark, 1964)
Live at Earthquake McGoon's (ABC Records, 1969)
Clancy Hayes / Tommy Gwaltney / the Blues Alley Cats (1972)

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personal data
SURNAME	Hayes, Clancy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hayes, Clarence Leonard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz singer, guitarist and banjo player
DATE OF BIRTH	November 14, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Caney (Kansas)
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1972
Place of death	San Francisco