UPDATE 2/2/12: I removed the "Turkey In The Straw" video and replaced it with "Colonel Corn" because it's not only better, it's really just totally great.*Freddie Fisher & The Schnickelfritz Band were a fun, nutty novelty band from the 1930s, pre-dating Spike Jone's debut in 1942, and if their music has a familiar sound to readers of this blog, they should - most of the members left band leader Fisher and formed the Korn Kobblers. A nice person has posted an album of Fisher & Co. songs of wildly-varying sound quality, but hey, it's free, so who can complain? Gonna have to find an album by these guys. For further study...
Freddie Fisher & The Schnickelfritz Band
Colonel Corn-Freddie Fisher by redhotjazz
*"really just totally great" - how's that for good writing? Pulitzer Prize, here I come!
8 comments:
Excellent.
Mighty sophisticated of ya!--Bill
The trumpet player looks and plays amazingly like George Rock, Spike Jones' longtime side man...is it one and the same?
Good call, Don! Yep, George took over after original trumpeter Nels Laasko left to help form the Korn Kobblers in '39. He became a City Slicker in '44.
Reminds me a bit of the Hoosier Hotshots..."Are ya ready, Hezzie?"
Jack
That's something I'm gonna have to figure out, Jack - the timeline of all these groups. Who came first, what members were in what band, etc.
According to the Hoosier Hot Shots own web site (www.hezzie.com):
--Bill
Looks fun.
Thank you!
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