Muskrat Love

September 15th, 2008 in Animals by lpcoverlover | 5 Comments

Doc Evans and his Dixieland Band   “Musckrat Ramble”   Audiophile Records

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1. #1 Nicholas Dollak says:
   September 15th, 2008 at 11:54 am

   The title track was used in the early ’90s movie “A River Runs Through It” (directed by Robert Redford). Interestingly enough, although I’m a fan of ragtime music, I wasn’t sure until now if “Muskrat Ramble” was a pre-existing piece or if it was composed for the movie. The little bit of it that we can hear in the film has a very “generic” sound to it, with none of the clever syncopation I tend to associate with ragtime. (In other words, to me it sounded like something Scott Joplin or Joseph Lamb would not have bothered publishing. Maybe a lesser composer would, if given the opportunity, though.) Oddly enough, the movie did well enough that for several years afterward one couldn’t watch a figure skating or dance competition without hearing “Muskrat Ramble” at least once!

2. #2 scotty g. says:
   September 22nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm

   Sure smells like “Muskrat Love”…

3. #3 655321 says:
   March 22nd, 2009 at 12:00 am

   Nicholas,

   Muskrat Ramble is a Jazz CLASSIC. Composed by Kid Ory and made famous by Louis Armstrong in the 1920s.

4. #4 kenny holladay says:
   February 13th, 2011 at 1:15 pm

   yes, i think it was originaly “the muscat ramble” as in muscatel wine.

5. #5 kenny holladay says:
   February 13th, 2011 at 1:16 pm

   p.s. i love lplover.com