78s obviously, but i also like lots of other stuff too-faves include Nick Cave,The Fiery Furnaces, Tom Waits, Kraftwerk,The Dirty Backbeats,The Magnetic fields,Yo la tengo, T.Rex, Sparks,Nina Simone,The Freed Unit,The Horrors,Pixies,Prolapse,Rufus Wainwright,The Static Waves,The Delgados,The Crimea,The Buff Medways,Alternative TV, Absentee,Chapter24,Yeah Yeah Noh, Kooky Monster.
About me: I love all sorts of music but have a large collection of old 78s spanning 1908 to the late '50's. A while back i posted a few of these on You tube, having filmed them playing on an old 1950s Dansette record player. They were intended just to show my friends certain records from the collection, but the response generally from You Tube viewers was amazing, so i've been putting a few up every week, and now have over 800 videos up. You can go and see them at My You Tube page
Here's a video that was captured of me offering my bottleneck slide interpretation of an old blues song, Goin' T' Brownsville, on open mic night at Old Strokers in Everett, WA. It starts out with me briefly introducing my homemade "Nobro" resophonic guitar and explaining some of the various recycled garage sale junk that I used in it's construction. Enjoy!
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
hi from Fruits de Mer Records - and thanks for the add.
Hope you like our latest single - new versions of classic Caravan + Zombies tracks by The Flaming Gnomes ( playing now at www.myspace.com/fdmer2 ) - a lovely 7" slab of UK pop-psych although we say it ourselves! (and on swirly purple vinyl too!)
coming very soon...Mark Fry covers his own acid-folk classic 'Dreaming With Alice'
We hope that when you find the time, you will come and visit us at our main website, where we have much awaiting your perusal, articals of interest, galleries etc...
...and not least
some delightful, like-minded members to converse with,
Please check out our new comedic “vampire bankers” music video. The guy who directed this also directed Madonna’s first music vid. We think it’s pretty funny. It’s available as a free mp3 download on http://www.ukejackson.com
Thanks for being our friend! Uke Jackson and the NY Ukulele Ensemble
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