{"id":496,"date":"2012-01-22T16:51:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T21:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dennischandler.afmadlib.com\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2025-12-29T22:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:53:09","slug":"web-fleming-aka-hak-san-aka-pao-kung","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dennischandler.com\/index.php\/web-fleming-aka-hak-san-aka-pao-kung\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary 30 years: When Web Fleming & DC Met via William Taggart"},"content":{"rendered":"

2000 Video … Thank you, Willie Bailey for this Dub. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dennis.chandler.566\/videos\/1384494495841144<\/a><\/p>\n

Dennis and Another Asian Fusion Friend … Found … Via Tag and Web … <\/strong><\/p>\n

What a Wonderful World  <\/strong><\/p>\n

The above 2000 Jam at our home … was after those three threaded the boards … the night before. Where did they share the stage … doing their respective acts … then doing time together, (so to speak). At the … annual … always-sold-out-early … CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION … (today called LUNAR NEW YEAR). The 2000 one was held in CLEVELAND’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN … (today called ASIANTOWN). <\/p>\n

The 2000 MILLEMMIUM CELEBRATION … brought in the famed Asian Media Star Lanny Shum. He came to Web’s hometown … from his home in TORONTO. He said, “I came to Cleveland … for the SHEER PLEASURE of PLAYING … for and with MY MENTOR … HAK SAN!”  As you will witness … it was … as Lanny said, …”… pure pleasure …”<\/p>\n

A Heavenly Thank You … goes up to  ASIAN ACTIVIST … FAMED  RESTAURATEUR … OWNER of KING WAH, HO WAH and LI WAH … DONNA HOM, of Blessed memory. \"\"<\/p>\n

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A  SPECIAL  TIME  TO  CELEBRATE <\/strong><\/em>…<\/p>\n

May you have time to spare … to allow me to share … about the wonderful world of Web. I believe its a tale meant to be told. May you feel the Blessings unfold<\/strong>.<\/em> <\/p>\n

30+ years ago … back into our Life<\/em> … came our PRETEND BRO aka BILL TAGGART.<\/p>\n

First, let me tell you about how<\/em> he came back<\/i> into our respective lives … in July ’93. Then, farther down … the detailed account … of that August meeting with Web.    <\/p>\n

So … In July of ’93 … Bill Taggart was having a rare night off from doing duty. What kind of duty? The Show Biz kind. (Bill was … and still is … here in 2024 … a much-in-demand Stagehand … Projectionist … Soundman. He’s an all-round man’s man … an IATSE man. I can say that … ’twas Teamsters who trained me)  <\/p>\n

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Bill Taggart started “toolin’ around” … traveling from his ‘hood in Cleveland … to suburban Mentor. Tag came cruisin’ to a classic car cruise … held at a classic place. Why do I call it classic? To hubby-Dennis … it was classic … for it was the very same Diner … that a youthful-Dennis used to cruise to … from his ‘hood. The nearby post-world-war-two housing projects called “Euclid Homes” … was where the Chandler Family lived. So going for ice cream … meant their Uncle Martin’s Freeze Ice Cream Stand … which was right next to that Kenny King Diner. Is it any wonder Dennis loves all things, Diner.  <\/p>\n

1993 … Here he was in Mentor … as musician-Dennis … entertaining on the back side … of the same Diner. That’s where and when Tag came back into our lives, as I alluded above, at Annabelle’s.<\/p>\n

What’s-in-a-Name-Department …    <\/p>\n

About that renamed Kenny King Diner … It was bought by Annabelle Lucas … who had it moved to Mentor, Ohio … where she renamed it “Annabelle’s”. BTW: Joe Artale … shared that he has the whole saga of that move … on video. Joe journaled it, too. Who is JOE ARTALE … his Facebook page link …  https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joe.artale.3<\/a><\/p>\n

Plus, JOE ARTALE … is Founder of Rock’n’Roll Capitol Machines.  https:\/\/rnrcsm.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(BTW:  Historian Artale and Annabelle … were such cool presenters of classic cars. They should make a film. Make it in parking lot somewhere. (I know the perfect projectionist who can run the film … and I know the perfect musician who can put the music to it, so to speak!)    <\/p>\n

Back to about Dennis’ love of all things, Diner. Annabelle Lucas … being the Diner’s first owner .. got him hooked on GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES. Getting Dennis to do music? Easy, peasey. Just pile him with Diner food. Plus, when Annabelle married Michael Neshkin … they graciously invited us to join them on many a mystery road trip. To see what else? Diners. Going to Chicago, Pittsburgh, etc. was especially entertaining for Patient-Dennis after his chemo treatments. (About Dennis beating AML Leukemia … go to this website’s page … https:\/\/dennischandler.com\/index.php\/the-journey\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Timeless too was … when later that Summer of ’93 … in August … Bill brought out to the Diner … and into our hearts … dear Web Fleming. <\/p>\n

Bill had hoped the two entertainers would hit it off. It worked. Web and Dennis fell right into playing and singing together … as if they had done it before. Yet, not until after<\/em> they performed … were they formally<\/em> introduced to one another. Photos of them meeting and then making music together … show clearly … how much they both enjoyed their first<\/em> jam together, as did Tag.<\/p>\n

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On January 15, 2023 \u2026 Baritone Web Fleming passed …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learn about the INCREDIBLE LIFE he had … Web\u2019s obituary is at \u2026<\/span>
https:\/\/www.secorfuneralhomes.com\/obituary\/webster-fleming\/<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Psalms, book of the Old Testament is composed of \u201cSACRED SONGS \u2026 SACRED POEMS \u2026 MEANT TO BE SUNG\u201d. Psalm 30:5 \u2026 says, \u201cWEEPING MAY LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Back to Talking About An Early Asian Fusion … It was decades earlier<\/em> when Baritone Web Fleming aka HAK SAN made a name for himself. Literally … for he was a show in himself. His name HAK SAN roughly translated … means BLACK MOUNTAIN in Cantonese. It compliments his big <\/em>baritone voice.\"WEB<\/a><\/p>\n

Web was honored with that name decades ago as we said. It was conferred on him while he was living in Asia and touring the Far East. For that time and place … Web was unique<\/em>, to say the least. He became famous as … an AFRICAN AMERICAN … SINGING CHINESE OPERA (and in a dozen dialects, too). Web Fleming also became known for his interpretation of JUSTICE BAO of the SUNG DYNASTY (999-1062).<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bao_Zheng<\/p>\n

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1959: LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S AUTOGRAPHED PROGRAM … given to Dennis Chandler<\/span><\/a> … when the two FIRST met. Years later I had the pleasure. It was at the GRAND CEDAR POINT BALLROOM. Afterwards … it was GRAND for me, too. I felt honored … to not only MEET him … at … a “Meet & Greet” … BUT to have him GREET me with … “LEAZZE, just call me … LOUIE”. I did. To learn more about “Louie” … go to this Link …
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Armstrong<\/a><\/p>\n

LOUIE ARMSTRONG was named a GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR AMERICA … not JUST because he had a pleasant personality … but MOST IMPORTANTLY … for WHAT HE INTRODUCED INTO THE MAINSTREAM of POPULAR SINGING. What’s that?
\nBelow is an explanation … albeit … a mouthful … it’s meaningful … (pardon the pun). Read on …<\/p>\n

It was the AFRO-AMERICAN CONCEPT OF SONG … as A LYRICAL EXTENSION OF SPEECH.
\nHis techniques of … easing the weight of the breath on the vocal cords … passing into a head voice at a low register … using forward production to aid distinct enunciation … singing on consonants … making discreet use of appoggiaturas, mordents, and slurs … to emphasize the text. (WOW … talk ’bout takin’ a DEEP breath!)<\/p>\n

The great SATCHMO was emulated by nearly all later singers. That included OUR DEAR FRIEND … Web Fleming<\/span><\/a>, now of Blessed memory.
\nThe talented Baritone paid tribute to him with a FABULOUS IMPRESSION of SATCHMO’S singing. Acting as Armstrong … included a very special song … one we all need to hear today. Its title is, “What a Wonderful World”.
\nAlthough we do NOT have a recording of WEB singing this song … we DO have a LINK to LOUIS’s recording. This is the OFFICIAL ONE with THE SPOKEN INTRO … THEN THE SONG (performed by Louis Armstrong). Perhaps you can take time to listen … for … Louie inspired Webby. (I bet … you will be, too!)
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2nGKqH26xlg<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/What_a_Wonderful_World<\/a>
\nThe iconic song was co-written by an iconic composer, George David Weiss, another mutual friend.
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_David_Weiss<\/a><\/p>\n

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To learn more about Composer George David Weiss … go to … https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_David_Weiss<\/p>\n

We do NOT have Web’s rendition of George’s song … but here is the one who inspired Web …<\/p>\n