# Fiendishly obscure question: Who was Al Hirt's bass player (1961/62)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-who-was-al-hirts-bass-player-1961-62/783261 "2017-03-29T01:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-who-was-al-hirts-bass-player-1961-62/783261/1 "2017-03-29T01:34:32Z")
Just saw the movie [Rome Adventure (1962)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056424/combined) on TCM. Pee Wee Spitelera (clarinet) and Jack Delaney (trombone) are pretty easy to pick out, and I’m 80% sure that’s Ronnie Dupont on the piano. Can’t id the bass player though. Could possibly just be some actor, and not a real musician, but since the other three definitely played with Hirt, I’m under the assumption that the bass player did, too. Oliver Felix had played with Hirt as late as 1960, and possibly into 1961, but it’s not Felix. No clip at this time, but I’ll try to fudge something if this draws a blank. Hirt’s scene is about 40 minutes in. Happy Hunting! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-who-was-al-hirts-bass-player-1961-62/783261/2 "2017-03-29T02:29:08Z")
Bob Moore? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-who-was-al-hirts-bass-player-1961-62/783261/3 "2017-03-29T03:09:15Z")
Hmmm. . . Shows some promise. I’ll have to look at it again tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-who-was-al-hirts-bass-player-1961-62/783261/4 "2017-09-06T17:43:54Z")
[Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqzbUk7o3Vg). You can see him off and on best at around 0:30 to 0:50, and again at about 1:30. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-who-was-al-hirts-bass-player-1961-62/783261/5 "2017-09-06T19:38:04Z")
I would assume it’s Bob Moore. The clip is Al Di La, and that was on his 1962 album Honey In The Horn. > [@](#): > > Honey in the Horn is an album by Al Hirt released by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes. The Anita Kerr Singers provided the vocals for the album. The backing band on the album consisted of saxophonist Boots Randolph, bassist Bob Moore, guitarists Ray Edenton and Grady Martin, and pianist Floyd Cramer.[2] > **[Honey in the Horn (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_in_the_Horn_(album))** > > Honey in the Horn is an album by Al Hirt released by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes. The Anita Kerr Singers provided the vocals for the album. The backing band on the album consisted of saxophonist Boots Randolph, bassist Bob Moore, guitarists Ray Edenton and Grady Martin, and pianist Floyd Cramer. > The single "Java" hit No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. The album landed on the Billboard Top LPs chart, reaching No. ...