Alvino Rey and his anthropomorphic guitar puppet
In the comments section about the Pagan Love Song video, Haineux pointed to this fantabulous video of "Alvino Rey playing his pedal steel guitar in an early talk-box-like situation, with an anthropomorphic guitar puppet and a guy in a really odd hat." Truly, what more could you want?
the latest
latest episodes
the wizard behind the curtain...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-krlgo2e8
Shouldn't Jeff Dunham have one of those?
oops:
In 1939, Rey used a carbon throat microphone to modulate his electric guitar sound. The mic, developed for military pilots, was placed on Rey's wife Luise standing behind a curtain singing along with the guitar lines. The novel combination was called "Singing Guitar", but was not developed further. The innovation was the first known talk box experiment.[1]
(wiki).
not the sonovox then...
from wikipedia:
"Rey's daughter, Liza Butler, is the mother of Win and William Butler, members of Canadian indie rock group Arcade Fire."
It all makes sense now!
now that's why I follow BB.
Davin @ #4
Good find! Context is always good to have.
Something about the image of a man playing the pedal steel in a tux just knocks me out.
There's no way of telling from this surrealistic nonesuch, but Rey's wife Luise and her three sisters formed a jazz-hip vocal quartet — the King Sisters, naturally — that cut some really avant be-bop scats in the 50s. Hip jazz musicians loved this group. I recommend the witty "Four Brothers" (!Tunes).
Later they had a TV show in the 60s that was strictly MOR and nothing to sing about.
I fear getting old..
GAHH! Just when I thought I was rid of Coily, his even more demented sibling shows up!
/me blushes, bows.
Actually, it's just two clicks away from the Jack Imel link. (Jack Imel -> Lawrence Welk: Hindustan (which features Alvino Ray) -> Alvino Ray --St. Louis Blues.)
It's a common internet pastime: Youtube Poker. Mark F. led with Jack Imel, I raised with Alvino Ray, someone else can trump with, say, The Ross Sisters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mVpGmoES3w
Not sure what trumps that.
Might take the boingers a day or two to come up with something.
"I fear getting old.."
Fear the alternative.
getting younger?
You guys are starting to scare me now.
re: the poker,
I submit Stan Freberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt6iCTMp8xE&feature=related
you have to stay with it to the end.
The really odd hat indicates he is a Grand Master of Ecky Thump.
http://i.pbase.com/u32/bankst/upload/22245288.GrandMasterOfEckyThump.jpg