Saturday, June 8, 2019

Fitting music for local victors

What song should I play to wish the St. Louis Blues luck in winning the Stanley Cup tomorrow?  The obvious contenders are the team's postgame victory song, Laura Branigan's "Gloria," or any version of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues March."  (The Tex Beneke version is particularly strong.)  I'll add another contender to those, however--the Ralph Sutton Trio's rendition of "St. Louis Blues" from the "Home Again" CD.  There's some raucous piano playing for an appreciative audience.