![]() Obviously, he wasn't making his own choices as to what was going to be recorded," Showler commented. "I never understood why he did a lot of the stuff he did. That's the same with anything in life, as well." A lot of it has got to do with 'the gift of the gab'. outgoing and hard-driving people, and that would be Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey and, I don't know much about Harry James, I don't know about his personality, but I think you get the point of what I'm trying to say. I think you can see, by their own personalities. He was very much moody, shy, and introverted. The other lack of success would be attributed to Jack's inability to communicate. He just was not a good businessman, and I think a lot of the promoters and radio people quickly realized that it was going to be difficult to deal with this band because of his unreliability. "He was out partying, or doing some heavy drinking, or out with a gal, or doing something. The band would have to work without him," Showler charged. ![]() Between 19, he led his own big band but it was not successful, and Showler blames Teagarden himself. ![]()
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