Howdy Quicksell

Howdy Quicksell (whose name sounded like he must have been a traveling salesman) was an excellent rhythmic banjoist who appeared about many traditional recordings during his short career. Quicksell was an associate of Jean Goldkette’s Orchestra from 1922-27, like the period that Bix Beiderbecke is at the band. Furthermore, Quicksell documented with Beiderbecke (1925) along with Frankie Trumbauer’s documenting group (1927), adding “Sorry” towards the Dixieland repertoire. Following the Goldkette Orchestra split up, Quicksell freelanced for a couple years before falling away from music entirely by the first 1930s, employed in a Michigan distillery.