Grandpa Irving

[tinhuviel]

The Mother Unit sent me the link to this picture. He's the one draped over the bass, which he can still play like a madman even in his 80s.

Grandpa Irving

Comments

[green-goblin70.livejournal.com]

**For Old time's sake**

"Who is that old fool?"..."He's playing a whatchamacallit".

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I *knew* you couldn't resist it. I'm thinking of forwarding this to Tim with the subject line "The Old Fool."

He was so embarrassed that day....::snicker::

[green-goblin70.livejournal.com]

What can I say? I'm weak when it comes to taking the easy smarty pants joke.

How did you like the way I embellished it and added Doc into it? I thought it was kind of a clever twist.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I never see that candy bar without thinking of him.

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Much cool! Slap me some skiiiin, hep cat!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

G'pa is tres cool. He gave me his wooden pot pipe, the official Manheim family heirloom, or so I like to think of it.

[moad-terran-hq.livejournal.com]

Very cool - I wish I had a good photo (any photo) of my biological Granpa.

I love his pose in that shot - what is it about bassists that they always seem to have an 'overabundance of personality'? (And I mean that in a complimentory way, of course.)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Oh he's a real card, G'pa. London-born Jewish musician/Vaudevillian. Played with Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman. Complete goofball. I just wish I could have known him better when he was in his prime.

Why don't you have any photos of your biological grandfather, if you don't mind my asking?

[moad-terran-hq.livejournal.com]

Don't know how good an answer I have for ye. He passed along (I think I like that euphemism) when I was a very little kid. And my family is weird with photos - not a lot are taken and the ones that are are sort of - hoarded(?). With the digital age, it is a bit easier, but I will have to start a major search to see if one exists somewhere near a scanner.... Just something I had never really thought of before.

[mizliz.livejournal.com]

This is a BADASS picture! How cool!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

He is cool. I can't remember how old he'll be later on this month, but I know he's in his 80s now, and still just cool as can be.

[teague.livejournal.com]

I think that is a very cool ass pic. It's awsome to see your ancestors in such beautiful, and natural poses and settings. And you have reminded me that I need to get a copy of the glamor shot my grandmother did when she was in her late teens. She was a smoking hotty!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd love to see that!

[penny246.livejournal.com]

indeed! very cool!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thankies!

hubba hubba!

[ex-glittert.livejournal.com]

Wow, Irv's a hottie :)

Re: hubba hubba!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Oh he's still handsome, even in his 80s. A bit frail now, but handsome. If I can find a picture of him from when I visited in 2004, I'll post it.

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

That is an incredible photo...Grandpa Irving is on hep cat, no?

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, tres groovy. I'm amazed that I'm related to him.

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

Sweet, I would never have known When in that picture if it wasn't for the caption. That picture is virtually eternal. He looks... incredible.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

He's a wonderful man, my g'pa. Seeing this pic made me realise how much I miss him. I wish I could drive down to FLA and say howdy.

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

He reminds me a little of Grandpa Munster. :P

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

I am reasonably certain that it has to do with the angle of his head. He's hot.

[anomali.livejournal.com]

What a cool cat! (checks) Hey, it IS a Minton! Minton took such awesome photographs of that entire scene and of all those folks who still live on in their music: Louis, Billy, Dizzy, Benny, and your Gramps.

(The fact that the link is from my local paper threw me for sec.I guess I need my chai, eh?)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that Minton did that. See? You learn something new every day.