John Foley, Bob Hammerstein, Lisa Hammerstein and special guest Rangers including Ranger Chris and Ranger Barry
Influences
The Beatles, Annie & The Natural Wonder Band, Buckaroo Banzai, Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks, Fairport Convention, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner and many more! Too many to list here.
Sounds Like
The Radar Rangers first came together to record the songs John was using in his work as a music therapist and things just got out of hand. The songs drew on John's work with legendary folk singer Oscar Brand and on the years of rock&roll bands that came before.
Bob and Lisa added drums, vocals and world-beat percussion. Bob has played in many bands throughout his professional career and is now doing sessions for people he meets through the internet. Isn't technology great? Lisa sang in a number of bands while living up in the Catskill Mts. of New York state. Bob and Lisa were high school friends and hadn't seen each other for years when they met again in Hoboken NJ where Bob was playing one night. Shortly after that Bob proposed to Lisa from the stage at the Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden in front of 6,000 people when his band was opening for Blood, Sweat & Tears. Needless to say she said "yes" and now they are making music together.
Watch this space for information on Ranger Chris and Ranger Barry, shrouded in mystery until now...
Suggested tracks: "Blue Chihuahua" is a first-rate Rock&Roll cha-cha that should appeal to fans of Jack Johnson's "Curious George" soundtrack, "Crash, Boom, Bang" is a jug band blues and "The Halloween Song" gives the folk-rock treatment to a 500-year old melody.
The newest album "Barnyard Rocket Ride" is now available through CD Baby.com. Click on the links over on the right column to order. About the songs: "Pigs" has lyrics by John and Oscar set to a traditional fiddle tune, "Ain't Nobody Here" is the Louis Jordan swing standard, "The Ah-Mm Song" is the story of a boy who invents Doo-Wop and "Wonderful World" is the Louis Armstrong favorite.
The Elbow Mambo is, well, The Elbow Mambo...
Thank you for the request, and greetings from rural Missouri. Free downloads of our folk music are available on our page. Wishing you the best of success...
Thanks 4 the add!!! Check out my new single Bubble Gum Wrap & A Winters' Tale. I hope you like it. Don't 4get my videos on youtube. Keep in touch. Luv, Tati Hilton :} www.TATIHILTON.com or www.YOUTUBE.com/TATIHILTON1
I totally remember you... you lived in Midland Park, yes? Funny, Kathy and Terry's girls are up here visiting (the family now lives in Florida) and I just spent a day with them last Wednesday... they are nearly 15 and 16! I also see Ray from time to time, usually when he plays with the Kootz. Also, you may have known a guy named Frank Murphy... a bass player? I didn't know him when we all hung out, but met him a few years later, and I think he said he knew you; he definitely knew the Goldbergs. So yes, thanks for reaching out, thanks also for the compliments, and hopefully we will catch each other making some music.
