Dick McDonough

Using the premature death of Eddie Lang in 1933, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress were considered his likely successors both on jazz dates and in the studios. McDonough had been a very active player. He previously began in 1927 like a banjoist with Crimson Nichols, had turned over to acoustic guitar, and made an appearance on a huge selection of classes, including using the Dorsey Brothers, the Boswell Sisters, Joe Venuti, and in even more industrial music. His function accelerated with Lang’s moving, he sometimes teamed up with Kress, and during 1936-1937, McDonough led a significant group of medium-size group recordings, handful of which have have you been reissued. McDonough also documented with Glenn Miller’s unsuccessful big music group of 1937 and produced a significant appearance with an all-star day with Body fat Waller, Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, and George Wettling which was released as “A Jam Program at Victor.” A solid acoustic guitarist who emphasized chords in his solos (influencing Marty Grosz years later on), Dick McDonough’s alcoholism lower short his existence way too early.