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MARSH  PHIMISTER  AND  HIS  ORCHESTRA


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GIVE ME A LITTLE TIME



At the height of the devastating 1950 Winnipeg flood, a novelty recording by Marsh Phimister and His Orchestra entitled Sandbags, Sandbags, Sandbags, recorded at CKY radio's Main Street studio and sung to the tune of the recent Teresa Brewer pop hit Music! Music! Music!, was released on a 78 RPM disk with profits earmarked for the flood relief fund.  It received considerable play on local radio stations and helped to rally the public.  Of greater musical interest, however, was the B-side, Give Me a Little Time, sung evocatively by Maxine Ware backed by Marsh and his band.  A true gem.

John Einarson
Excerpt from Heart of Gold: A History of Winnipeg Music, published 2021


Marsh Phimister and His Orchestra at
                              The Cave

1942 at The Cave
L-R, On the Stairs:  Mickey Shannon (drums), Gil “Stoney” Hanson (saxophone), Unknown, Stan “Gus” Gallant (1st trumpet),
Lloyd Semers (2nd trumpet), Daniel Morgan MacNeill  (piano/arrangement), Wally Koster (tenor/trombone),
Henry “Hank” Morrison (tenor Sax), Ed Peterson (1st trombone)
In dark suit, front right:  Marsh Phimister (band leader/bass/arrangement )


Marsh Phimister and His Orchestra
                              circa 1941

Circa 1941 at The Cave

Marsh Phimister and His
                              Orchestra at The Cave 1942

The above photo was first published in Musical Ghosts: Manitoba's Jazz and Dance Bands, 1914-1966 by Owen Clark, 2007.
 The date should read 1942, not 1947.

In 2012, it became known that the first person on the far left, cited as Unknown in the caption, is actually Daniel Morgan MacNeill
(1913-2003).  MacNeill was a pianist/arranger with the Marsh Phimister Orchestra.  Daniel's son, Ian MacNeill, advised,
"He left the band in late 1942 to join the Navy and never returned to Winnipeg".


Hattie Noel with Marsh Phimister
                              April 14, 1942

Hattie Noel with Marsh Phimister and His Orchestra
Winnipeg
                              Tribune April 14, 1942

Winnipeg Tribune, April 14, 1942


Marsh Phimister's Band at Jack's
                              Place 1949

Marsh
                              Phimister Buys Jack's Place

CBC Times
                              Publication - August, 1963

The CBC Times (Prairie Edition) was published weekly by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation at its Prairie Region
Headquarters, located at CBC Building, 541 Portage Avenue,
Winnipeg 2, Man.  It was
available by subscription for $3.00 per year.


Opposite is an article appearing in the above edition 
regarding Marsh Phimister's upcoming variety show,
"Music Stand", and includes a short biography.
 
Article
                              from the CBC Times August 1963

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