So I read those and except the accidently over heard one I don't see 
how they relate to music.
And isn't it 'high on the hog'?

Though I'm a computer geek I'd still go with Gramercy Park.

On Feb 28, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Edward Knoblauch wrote:

> To my surprise, the weight of scholarly opinion is that "up to G" 
> comes from
> the musical key of G.
>
>  From Jonathan Evan Lighter. The Random House Historical Dictionary of
> American
> Slang. Vol. 1 (1994) (note the variant following line, 'on the hog' 
> rather
> than 'are wand'rers'):
>
> Up in [or to] G [alluding to the key of G in music] superlative; doing 
> very
> well; at or to a high point.
> 1884 Accidentally Overheard, p.15: "The young lady next door .is up in 
> solos
> in G."
> 1894 C. Lawlor & J. Blake "Sidewalks of N.Y." (pop. song) Things have
> changed since those times, some are up in "G"/Others they are on the 
> hog.
> 1894 Harper's (Dec.) 104: "I've got to get a mother; what I mean is a 
> real
> way-up-in-G one I mean to say a mother that's out of sight, m'm."
> 1895 Harper's (April) 786: "You get everything way up in G there, with 
> cakes
> on the side.
> 1895 Townsend, Edward W. "Chimmie Fadden," Major Max, and Other 
> Stories. The
> American Short Story Series, Vol. 82. p.5 "Say, I knowed  ye'd be 
> paralyzed
> wen ye seed me in dis harness. It's up in G, ain't it? Dat's right."
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Cassidy
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Musical Sidewalks of New York
>
>
> I still agree with my brother its more likely 'g' for gaol for Sing 
> Sing.
>
>
> On Feb 24, 2005, at 12:34 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>
>
> Things have changed since those times, some are up in "G"
> Wild guess:  Key of G.  Better than G train, at least.      
> Christopher Gray
>
>
> Jazz is freedom. - T. Monk
>
>
Jazz is freedom. - T. Monk