Dave Whitney put this program together from many of the original Herb Alpert Books, including the Whipped Cream 45 that he's had since he was a teenager.  Herb was known to take Pop tunes and transform them into the Tijuana Brass Style.   Lonely Bull  from the album of the same name, started it all in1962.  Nice bass on What Now My Love by LeBleu, with Paul on maracas.   Spanish Flea was fantastic, and really brought back fond memories of the Tijuana Brass!

Paul took the lead in Mae, with Dave playing harmony.  Nice!  Moving into Dixieland style, Wall St. Rag, from the 1966 SRO album, especially for this Dixieland crowd.  Then Dave did a couple of shorts, singing in his own inimitable style, Bring Me Sunshine. and a tune from the Yankee Rhythm Kings, Friendless Blues.    Dave and Paul were the two trumpets with Bob Connor's Yankee Rhythm Kings, an East-Coast two-beat band at the Scotch & Sirloin in in the 1970's in Boston (and we were there.)  They had us dancing in the back of the New York Life Hall too.  Folks would request "Let the little guy sing one!" Great band, and we still miss it.

They played a special for Cinco de Mayo,  with a nice touch - Dave Lindsey (trombone) rendering authentic lyrics to Besame Mucho in Spanish. 

Tijuana Taxi brought back many happy memories!  Pretty tune on 1963 Vol. 2 with early mariachi sound, Winds of Barcelona.   Got a Lotta Living To Do.  Dave on vocal, and from Herb Alpert's 9th - A Banda featured Reid Jorganson, with some amazing drumming! 

Paul changed horns. There's a limit to how long he can ignore Wild Bill - it was time.  He gave us a heartfelt version Wild Bill Davison's famous Blue and Broken Hearted

Back to All That Brass - one of their biggest hits, Taste of Honey, 1964, with many stops and goes. Steve Dale arrangement of the 1969 Good Morning Mr. Sunshine, turning into a jazz waltz.   Acapulco had the two horns in sync, with Paul also whistling.  No end to his talent!

Approaching the finale, a swinger arrangement of the mid 60's made famous by Jack Jones, Lollipops and Roses, also on the Whipped Cream album - with tremendous trombone by Dave Lindsey.  Herb had another big hit in1968, Burt Bacharach's The Guy's In Love With You. Says Dave,  "The Boy Singer gets to do the final vocal because he put the band together!" . 

Herb Alpert is now 76, married to vocalist Lani Hall, and still performing.  He is mostly associated with Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, but he is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records (a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold).  Alpert's musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums. As of 1996, Alpert had sold 72 million albums worldwide.

Thank you all for bringing back those warm memories!  Great job!