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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:04 pm    Post subject: Feel bad about your playing? Listen to Harry Arms! Reply with quote

This appears to be some sort of Herb Alpert parody. If you feel bad about your trumpet playing, listen to it and you will feel better:
The Awful Trumpet of Harry Arms

Enjoy!

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

T think the hills are dead!
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:10 pm    Post subject: MMMM...wow... Reply with quote

That's really good. Who was playing lead?
Not sure how to match up to this new standard.?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ha! The Spanish Flea track is even better.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I actually lol’d!

That was awesome
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

snichols wrote:
Ha! The Spanish Flea track is even better.


My favourite is actually Georgy Girl but I had to choose "The Sound of Music" because I am now living in Austria.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The scary thing is they did an entire album and not just one track...
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.discogs.com/The-George-Garabedian-Players-Hooray-For-Hollywood/release/7800004

This was done in 1968. My older bro and I were big TJB fans, bought each album when it came out and immediately set about playing with it by ear, in parts. I remember all the hype back then about Herb talking about how they created "their sound", big secret and all that. I'm betting this was parody to that, seeing the timeline and all.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Craig Swartz wrote:
https://www.discogs.com/The-George-Garabedian-Players-Hooray-For-Hollywood/release/7800004

This was done in 1968. My older bro and I were big TJB fans, bought each album when it came out and immediately set about playing with it by ear, in parts. I remember all the hype back then about Herb talking about how they created "their sound", big secret and all that. I'm betting this was parody to that, seeing the timeline and all.


Agreed, that definitely sounded like a parody intentionally made to sound awful. Either that or he was another Florence Foster Jenkins.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They had a falling out with their original lead player Billy "Bloody Lips" Balzitch and he embarked on a solo career.



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the lead player in that band is actually Willie Makeit
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jazz_trpt wrote:
I think the lead player in that band is actually Willie Makeit


And Betty Woent was on 2nd?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ha! Good parody. Takes talent to play that bad! Reminds me of the old album parody of the TJB "Sour Cream and Other Delights" by an all-girl band ("The Frivolous Five") back in the late 60's. That was a bunch of old ladies (back then, to me!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK5nxGVvRt0

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And who could forget the immortal Mrs. Miller?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZZJPn-OBD8

Good stuff! I needed a good laugh after last night's rehearsal...
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

boog wrote:
And who could forget the immortal Mrs. Miller?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZZJPn-OBD8

Good stuff! I needed a good laugh after last night's rehearsal...



The tears were streaming down my face listening to Mrs Miller sing Downtown. She is brilliant! Her versions of The Girl From Ipanema and Hard Days Night are also priceless.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Talk about BRILLIANCE! Check out Darlene Edwards (Jo Stafford). An amazing singer who BTW was reputed to have perfect pitch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4x6QMoFyc

What a talent to sing this badly!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But seriously, folks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuZDEvwlbKg

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shooby Taylor still is the king, the "Human Horn!"


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't get it. What's wrong with it?! Sounds normal to me.
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