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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Figures. The smallest guy in the band is dancing around with the tuba.
They reminded me of a band I was in in the 80's that played the Jersey shore a lot. It was a horn band called "The Garibaldi Sisters". Six straight males and a female singer, though sometimes a life size cardboard cutout of an attractive female from a Kodak ad would appear on stage dressed in various outfits. What came to mind after seeing the "Lucky Chops" was that at some random point in the evening, the horns, guitar player with his guitar on his shoulder like a rifle, and the singer would march around the club while we played some marching music. They frequently marched into the ladies room and played from there for a while. The guitar player also brought along a mic on a long cord to do interviews and pick up random screams and comments from inside the facilities. That was a really fun band to play with. Lots of high jinks and tomfoolery on and off stage, much of which I can't mention here.
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Good way to bite through your lip.
Thank you, forgot that is A Thing. It's been a long time since school band, but yes.
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The only gig listing in my local CL is for an accordion player.
Sometimes musicians have to suffer for their art.
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I'd never even heard of skiffle music before watching the Beatles Anthology. Now you've really advanced my knowledge of obscure/arcane musical instruments.
I didn't make it past this:
Idio what? Is that the opposite of a smartphone?
There have been no shortage of odd instruments like this electric frying pan. You plug it into what!
I'd never even heard of skiffle music before watching the Beatles Anthology. Now you've really advanced my knowledge of obscure/arcane musical instruments.
It was a popular instrument that helped build Rickenbacker. Designed in 1931 and patented by George Beauchamp.
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f0/79/36/9d29147af07dac/US2089171.pdf
Maybe some day I’ll buy a late 1930’s Rickenbacker Model B lap steel. They have a bakelite body.
Here is one in action below.
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That reminds me, there is a huge musical instrument museum in Milan.
I remember this song, but I don't know if I've heard Lonnie's version. Would it have played on American radio?
Are there that many huge musical instruments?
That's the version I remember from way back when. I grew up in New Jersey.
Where's that GIF of Michael Jackson eating popcorn when you need it?
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