Clarence Zylman - Muskegon, Michigan - Musician Statues on Waymarking.com

This Musician Statue is located in Muskegon, Michigan just off the parking lot of USS LST 393 Museum. The Statue is on a slight hill and faces East towards the road. Taken from muskegonchannel.com:"The Andrews Sisters made the song famous and the entire country was dancing to the beat of the "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" way back when. It was an inspirational war time song deigned to keep spirits up and help the USA trudge through some pretty tough times. Recorded on January 2nd 1941 the attack on Pearl Harbor was almost a year away and D-Day wouldn't come until 1944 but the national mindset was already thinking that there probably wasn't much of a way around what was to come. WWII would divide the world and define the "Greatest Generation". Every part of history has had some pretty incredible moments where we've been tested and through those tests we've defined ourselves, and we've had some that have stood out.
While not the original "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Muskegon's connection to the legend was a man named Clarence Zylman. Clarence Zylman served his country as a bugler, playing reveille in his own boogie-woogie style. He became a military legend as the bugler who got the troops up with a jitterbug in their step. He was an ordinary man who led a remarkable life, and, thanks to an extraordinary song, will forever be known as Muskegon’s Own Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Born in Muskegon and trained on the streets of Chicago, he toured the country as a professional trumpeter helping to lead a musical revolution, featuring a new boogie-woogie sound. He joined the Army in his 40's and took on the famed role.

November 10th, 2018, near the LST 393 Veterans Museum, a public event will be held to dedicate a life-size bronze sculpture of Clarence Zylman. Installed prominently along Lakeshore Drive, Zylman faces east towards the rising sun, forever playing reveille to wake Muskegon. But the story gets even more local. The sculptor is a Reeths-Puffer grad!"

Name of Musician: Clarence Zylman

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