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Since last year's popular reissue of Benny McWarner (Jr.)'s previously lost 1981 EP "Pulstar", interest in his work has grown tremendously. While no new recordings of this younger McWarner have surfaced, Forest Route has unearthed a 1929 recording of the dance band his father once directed. This historic recording, from the long defunct Ivory Finch label, has been painstakingly restored from an almost completely deteriorated original wax cylinder, hitherto being used as a makeshift plumbing conduit in a basement lavatory of the Wentworth Hotel. We are proud to share this special release, and hope you will find it a welcome addition to the Forest Route library of archival recordings. Disclaimer: Forest Route does not endorse smoking.

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released March 6, 2023
Benny McWarner, Sr. - conductor, composer, arranger
The Wentworth Ballroom Orchestra
"Chi Chi" Castanego - singer

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Forest Route New Hampshire

Forest Route is a collective of artists from New Hampshire and Maine. Our cup of tea is to pass original music through a varied filter of historic styles. Each Forest Route project is guided to a greater or lesser extent by producer/composer/arranger/lover of pastiche, Chris Côté. We aren't a record label. We don't sign artists. We're artists ourselves, making the things we love to make, together. ... more

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