Brant Inn Memories

Burlington Ont: North Shore Publishing, 2008. -----Large soft cover, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, 150 pages filled with b & w photos, no names. "In words & pictures, musicians, broadcasters, Brant Inn staff & the dancing public tell their stories to writer Stewart Brown for nostalgia sweet and swinging." Contents include: Foreword by Ken Davy, Ruth & John Borthwick, Jane Ann Newson / Music & coleslaw provided recipe for great memories / A night at the Brant Inn was a night to remember / The Brant Inn was named after Chief Joseph Brant / A. B. Coleman built luxurious Brant Hotel / John Murray Anderson & the early years / Brant Inn was swinging during the Dirty Thirties / 1938 was banner year for swing & sway / Ain't Misbehavin' Waller had huge appetite for life / Popular Mart Kenney anchored the 1940s / Sophie was a Red-Hot Mama & "one noisy Indian" / Cliff Kendall was the glue that held it all together / Big band sound of the '50s heard in new Sky Club / The Gav Morton Orchestra was mainstay of the '50s / Brant Inn was home base for Miss Canada Pageant / 1960 marked beginning of Brant's final decade / Jayne Mansfield filled the bill as a hollywood sex symbol / Louis Armstrong was always a favourite at the Brant Inn / Distinctive Lombardo sound meant money in the bank / Dominion Network offered great exposure for the Brant Inn / Stan Kenton at Brant Inn as the only recording / It wasn't all song and dance on Brant Inn's stages / John Murray Anderson lived, breathed showbiz / Slim & Lena catered to affairs of the stomach / Their cups runneth over from brown paper bags / Bouncer Archie Sparrow "was more like an eagle" / Brant Inn News, y'know, was right up Ida's alley / Blacks were on the stage, and whites in the audience / Brant Inn was the place to be during the festive holidays / Car-parkers and ushers: Life on the front lines / Brant's supporting cast kept the Inn Hummng / After demolition, what? A Brant Inn update / So many memories, such wonderful times / "It was the focal point ---the epitome of an evening out" / Afterword / Index. The scan you see is the book you buy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".