Chris Olsen: Tenor Banjo, Guitar, Baritone and Soprano Ukulele, Piano, Tenor Saxophone (which I really should just stay the hell away from), Tuba, Keyboard, Bass, Trombone, Cornet, Tambourine, Singin'. Maybe some other stuff, I don't really remember.
As a live band, we are (were):
Christopher Olsen: Trombone, Baritone Ukulele, E flat Tuba, Cornet, Vocals
R. Crumb's Cheap Suit Serenaders, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Hoosier Hot Shots, The Dead Milkmen, Willie Nelson, Django Rheinhard and the Hot Club of France, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Spike Jones, The Foureyes, The Bananas, The Muppet Show Band, Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Fats Waller and his Rhythm, Bix Beiderbecke, Oliver Brown, Tiny Tim, Dave Van Ronk, Leon Redbone, Eddie Condon, Eddie Lang, Carl Stalling.
Sounds Like
Cheap Suit Serenaders, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Joy Buzzards, Hoosier Hot Shots, Spike Jones (If they weren't good)
Chris Olsen lives in Seattle, recently transplanted from Sacramento. He sits at home with his Cool Edit Pro, his Banjoes, Guitars, Ukuleles, Cornet, Trombone, Tuba, Piano and other such instruments and records goofy old Ragtimey Jazz songs.
Then one day, he suckered five (and ultimately, six) guys to turn it into a real band to play live. Those guys are Jared, Tim, Greg, Zack, and Chris, and ultimately, Dug.
Video footage from Katy Hensley's Birthday Party on July 1st, 2006:
Someday (The Strokes)
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Creep (Radiohead)
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After Hours (The Velvet Underground)
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Thanks a lot to Tim (drums), Jared (trumpet), Greg (Banjo), Chris (Guitar) and Zack (Bass). You guys are all awesome! Everybody had a great time.
The Seven Arms of Shiva I am so excited! I wanted to write you and let you know that my very first album "Banned from Canters" just arrived!!! You can hear the songs or buy the CD on my myspace page. Please check it out and tell me what you think. You can also download my CD at www.digstation.com/theukulady
I've had you guys added as friends for a reasonably long time now. I don't add bands generally, but I was so excited and impressed by you lot that I made an exception to that rule.
The point of this message? Other than to say you guys are fan-fucking-tastic, I thought it should be brought to your attention that every time I check your page, and notice you have no new songs, I die a little. You don't want me to die. Do you?
I've not been able to get your cover of Someday out of my head for the past 24 hours or so.
This has, I feel sure, distracted me from other more gainful avenues in life such as finding employment, riding tabogans and the like.
Thus I demand some form of monetary compensation as an appeasement to the problematic circumstance you have inflicted upon me.
I am prepared to accept an out-of-court settlement, however if this is not resolved forthwith, I shall be forced to contact the appropriate authorities.
I should probably close by saying that the songs on your page are quite wonderful.
