Freddi "Mahatma Boom Boom" Price: vocals, trumpet, guitar, flutes, tablas, whistles, cittern, baritone horn, can-jo, toy piano, erotic historical discourse on iconoclastic philosophers, fantastical architectual prowess//Kirk "Captain Feedback" Lombard: vocals, harmonica, sousaphone, jawharp, Teignmouth Electron 2- string wonder, uke, ichthyology facts and boxing tutorials//
Larry "Reverend Wupass" Henderson: drums,percussion, vocals, tenor and baritone uke, marimba, homemade bass, neo-classical facial expressions, ability to tame the minds of the tortured//Max "A.Million" Baloian: accordion, guitar, bass, banjo, washboard, saw, mid-east uke,unpredictable moments of physical collapse, exquisite bourbon collection.
Influences
Ossie Schreckengost, Roy Smeck,Johnny Cash, Harry Smith's Anthologies, early 19th century nautical gossip, Tin Pan Alley standards, Atilla the Hun, the anthropological juggernaut and pie eating champion CF Hibben, Douglas Mawson and the crew of the Aurora in 1912, Doo Rag, Cambodian Stan, Tom Waits, William Shatner's effortless rolls during the first 4 seasons of Star Trek, Obrien's "Third Policeman", Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Mannix (as played by Mike Conners, aka Krekor Ohanian),Eugene V. Debs, the Viking Demon, Joe Hill, Bukka White, Miss. Fred McDowell,bottom-feeding sea life, Primitive Folk and Garage Musics from around the globe.
Sounds Like
The Three Penny Opera as interpreted by George Jones, Harry Partch, and Little Walter after a 3-day binge on Rye and Monkey Face Eel; Son House fronting a Salvation Army band on a whaling expedition.
The great George Edward "Rube" Waddell (1876-1914) was a fire engine chasing, hard drinking, alligator wrestling,baton twirling (to name a few) eccentric pitcher who played his most prolific seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1910. His true legacy, however, cannot be contained, grasped, or truly understood by his time on the diamond alone.
RUBE WADDELL the band is a quartet from the Mission District of San Francisco, CA that has taken him as their patron saint. Performing and recording their own breed of modern Americana music, they mix Blues, Gospel, American and Irish Folk, Country, Rock, Punk, comic Vaudeville, German theater, Mexican Banda, Mid-Eastern and Asian ditties into a raw junkyard stew stirred by their varied array of traditional and homemade instruments.
Whether in their street performances, club appearances, or puppet shows, The Rubes invite audiences everywhere to dance, drink, fall down, drink, nail well-done steaks to the ground, remember conquests of days gone by, and embrace the aural mixed bag of confusion and good times that is Rube Waddell.
Keep a sharp lookout for us showing up in your town so you know when to hide the silverware. As well, be on the watch for the definitive biography on the life and antics of the actual pitching phenom Rube Waddell, a weighty tome that is being penned by our very own Captian Feedback. It might be awhile, it has been nearly 5 years and 1000 pages and our story thus far has not even got us to the point of the oft thought "simple-minded" genius' entry into the minor leagues.
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Thanks for the add, guys. Funny, I thought Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention might be listed as one of your influences. Anyway, keep up the good work and takc care always.
"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
