#dorsey

We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands. ↗

— Jay McShann

#ballroom #bands #big #big bands #boogie

A fallow mind is a field of discontent. ↗

— John H. Cunningham

#aviation #bahamas #carl-hiaasen #cuba #humor

I went out to visit Dorsey Burnette, after I graduated high school. ↗

— Jimmy Griffin

#dorsey #graduated #high #high school #i

Do you think heaven's like that? Could be worse, said Serge. You know all those pushy people who keep telling us we're not going to heaven? It could be full of them instead. ↗

— Tim Dorsey

#religion #serge-storms #tim-dorsey #religion

That, and the untended mental health problems. We have all these insane armed hobos coming from the Midwest, usually Ohio. Fuck Ohio. ↗

— Tim Dorsey

#tim-dorsey #mental-health

Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers. ↗

— Jimmy Griffin

#acoustic guitar #bass #dorsey #fabulous #guitar

I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#american #because #class #classes #created

Hang on to your dreams with everything you got. Because the best life is when your dreams come true. The second-best is when they don't but you never stop chasing them. ↗

— Tim Dorsey

#life #life-lessons #tim-dorsey #dreams

Look forward to the wonderment of growing up, raising a family and driving by the gas station where the popular kids now work. ↗

— Tim Dorsey

#growing-up #popularity-tim-dorsey #family

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra. ↗

— Ken Curtis

#frank #frank sinatra #i #joined #new