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NOT bands that don't take the music seriously--the just have fun with a genre or mixing music periods. Equal emphasis of music AND fun. Kicking it off:
Here Comes the Mummies funk band supreme but sure up the ante on the costumes and the tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB1z2USriZs << this and the next are from a radio studio gig next
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrmx8plNCdE // full concert 1:46.00-hang in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCNca7GZ5A << they sell-out casino appearances and just kill every time. They are the schiz.
Davina and the Vagabonds want a short course in American popular music and have a rockin' good time doin' it? Invite this
Chica and her pals over for a party.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczSDrX23EY << OK this wasn't so fun but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55qH2cPoB1g << Bawdy, robust and talented checks a lot of boxes. Next:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1risSGRQmGo << the French love her, and not through any sense of irony either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXuZAXKnlyw << her best-known song. This'll kick it quick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-JYoYZIUjU << take it out like it was brought in, with a slow drag (ha!). The horns, of course, but love that bowed bass.
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I LOVE both your recommendations jazzboCR! Here Comes The Mummies are soon to be in regular rotation for me!
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I love the bands you posted Jazzbo! also Moon Hooch !!!!,,,(see my comment in General Music) !!!!
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Here Come The Mummies - A La Mode has taken over my brain!!! Thank-you jazzboCR!
https://soundcloud.com/herecomethemummie.../a-la-mode
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Thanks for the great share jazz!
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(This post was last modified: 10-03-2014, 21:36 by jazzboCR.)
Here's 2 guys that will rock your sox--intriguing concept, adept execution:
2Cellos. Herewith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_UA4PqjMXQ << made their name with this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKntoQXt29Y << you don't have to like the song to celebrate what they do with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJPkX6wm0zU << their interplay is so good, it's dern near telepathic. OK, 1 more (but do look them up further):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SLUxb4i87s << you know the guitarist, even if not in this type of setting:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-hun.../biography
Yeah they can play it straight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj4ST5Dsmdc ... but they ain't stiffs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs73gKLoMmM
NOTE: These guys were mentioned and a song quoted by SteveO elsewhere here--this post is follow-on, not my original conception. Thanks, Bro.
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EXCELLENT!!! Thank-you jazzboCR, found this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS826PwLHdQ <--- their cover of Smells like Teen Spirit.
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Then there's those total mash-up guys,
ThePianoGuys. First came to notice with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUvd8oaf9Qk then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dakd7EIgBE << hardly a secret band with 10 million views...and their own YouTube channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7ySn-Swwc << not just pianos...but you already figured that out. Lastly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJUvVFTAIM OK, I lied:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoS3rD5vKak
incidental intel: That electronic cello is named "Bruce Lee".
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I enjoy Iron Horse ...tongue in cheek bluegrass renditions of rock bands!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c7bISLhVl8 - Metallica - Enter Sandman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaEjzIyB5NA - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlsevSpfpYI - Guns N Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAyO1_0noM - Elton John - Rocket Man
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Utterly strange--AllMusicGuide purports to be, well, all things music. Yet they totally ignore a top-notch band and it's principals. Formed in '94, they've got 13 discs, 2 collaboration albums (1 with the well-respected Eddy Clearwater), 3 live discs, a perf DVD, they get flown to Spain to do private parties (!) and kill in Germany too. Bizarre. An all-strumental band (think: a fresh-thinking and -playing Ventures) specializing in surf music revived. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm thrilled to present
Los Straitjackets. Here's a good wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Straitjackets and here's their music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw7sa8tg6Cw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky1P0zEZIqc << scale up nicely, yes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q_ru8__qzs << a complete experience. Thanks to Angie Pontani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZgcW_9X7vo << another classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVWSSS7k5rE << 1+-hour show; with Big Sandy on vocals (of Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys q.v.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2MoyW3o0Mk << it all comes back to the Blues, doesn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTKQ9PdwDyQ << Eddie Angel gets to put his rock-a-billy past to good use
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc0B5M05yCU << whoever put this project together sure gets my vote...
More good news from last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/Los+Straitjackets
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What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
