Michael A. Greenblatt Papers

Michael Angelo (Mike) Greenblatt was a native of Knoxville, Tennessee. He saw service as a trombonist in the military band which was on duty in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he settled in Atlanta and became the band leader for the Georgia Tech Band. He even arranged the college's noted "Ramblin' Wreck" song. He was also bandmaster for the Atlanta police, Shriners, Elks and Georgia Power Company, and the Georgia Guard Band during World War II. He was one of the first to originate the technique of using a derby hat to mute the sound of the trombone and may have been the originator. He was president of the Fulton Paper Company and a member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue, the Atlanta Zionist District, B'nai B'rith, Yaarab Temple, Scottish Rite, Fulton Lodge, F&AM, the Elks and the Mayfair Club, which he helped found.