Did you ever record their Sunday Afternoon concert series back in the '60s? I have particular affection for one my grandmother took me too where the "guest soloist" was B.B. King. For decades I've longed to hear that string section as it came in right after B.B. sang "The thrill is gone.." zoom, zoom...
A "thrill" I've never been able to recreate in any King recording I've heard since. We all want to recreate that true live sound. I wonder if any recording can match the memory of being there?
And then there's the memory of a revered woman sharing that experience with me. She, too, was a one-of-a-kind. You don't often hear names like those from the old days anymore. Alvera was as unique as her name.