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When the noise/experimental group Gorp disbanded in 1996, lead singer Christian Anderson Smith was only a busboy (all of those other group formed Golden Lake Diner). Weeks later on, Smith was still a busboy, but he was also Mayor McCA, a one-man music group with an eclectic folk audio. A …

Within a genre filled with colorful characters, Buddy Max is obviously not the most well-known, but may be one of the most weird. Enthusiasts of oddball, self-produced recordings possess kept a longtime devotion to Max’s melody “The Birthmark Tale,” which, at almost eight minutes, is normally much longer than “McArthur …

Applying the polka and world-music dance treatment to a most unlikely song lineup (“FOLKS ARE Strange,” “Sixteen Tons,” “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” “O Holy Night”), Daring Combo produced in the late ’70s in the tiny Texas hometown of vocalist and guitarist Carl Finch, documented three albums for the self-owned Four Dots label, and …

Eilert Pilarm, whose actual surname is usually Dahlberg, fashioned himself into Sweden’s version of Elvis Presley. He released three cassettes that protected the King’s materials, appropriately known as Elvis I, Elvis II, and Elvis III. He distributed these by email order or pursuing his concerts. From those produces he culled …

Those acquainted with Dr. Demento definitely understand Barnes & Barnes, the comic parodists who increased to popularity in 1978 using the Chipmunk-inspired “Seafood Minds,” touting the merits of the — uh, delicacy. Various other albums contain equivalent quirky materials. Who are Barnes & Barnes? LA musician Robert Haimer and Billy …

Actress, vocalist, and dancer Ann-Margret excelled in two regions of entertainment throughout a career which was even now heading strong in it is fifth 10 years: like a celeb, she appeared in a lot more than 50 feature movies so when a stage entertainer she performed like a headlining take …

During his proverbial a quarter-hour of fame in the late ’60s, Tiny Tim was perhaps one of the most bizarre spectacles on television: much, six-foot-tall guy with prolonged, unkempt ringlets of hair, a massive nose, along with a garish plaid wardrobe; warbling the old-time pop regular “Tip-Toe With the Tulips” …

Making use of their signature mixture of chanson, opera, and Gypsy music, London-based experimental rock and roll trio the Tiger Lillies are difficult to define in a single sentence. The group started its revels within the bawdy vaudeville customs of prostitution, opium dens, as well as the seedy existence from …

While his gravelly baritone and omnipresent fedora, dark glasses, and Groucho Marx mustache produced him one of the most distinct and recognizable characters in popular music, little is well known concerning the neo-vaudeville crooner Leon Redbone. Throughout his profession, he steadfastly refused to divulge any information regarding his history or …

The ukulele is usually considered a novelty instrument when in its usual Hawaiian surroundings, but Lyle Ritz under no circumstances felt this way. Created in Cleveland, Ohio, Ritz researched violin and tuba as a kid. While attending university in California, he discovered a job in the Southern California Music Business …