Music
Cowboy Throat Singing
In Mongolia, there's an ancient tradition of "throat singing." Wikipedia defines this as: "a type of singing in which the singer manipulates the resonances (or formants) created as air travels from the lungs, past the vocal folds, and out of the lips to produce a melody... This resonant tuning allows singers to create apparently more than one pitch at the same time (the fundamental and a selected overtone), while actually generating only a single fundamental frequency with their vocal folds."Somehow, back in the 1920s, the cowboy singer Arthur Miles independently hit upon this technique and integrated it into several songs.
You can hear it in the song below at around the 0:50, 2:50, 4, and 5 min marks.
via Bifurcated Rivets
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 18, 2019 -
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Category: Music
RIP Leon Redbone (1949-2019)
A truly odd, enigmatic musician. As noted by his obit in the Independent:For a long time, almost no biographical info was known about him. Many suspected he wasn't even a real person. Perhaps someone such as Frank Zappa or Bob Dylan was posing as Redbone. But no, Redbone was real. He died on May 30.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 15, 2019 -
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Category: Music, Obituaries
Skin Tight, Pin Striped, Purple Pedal Pushers
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 15, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Music, Public Indecency, 1960s
I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 03, 2019 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Surgery, Teenagers, 1950s, Brain
Mystery gadget 76
What is the name of this musical instrument?
Answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 30, 2019 -
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Category: Music, 1920s
Lowell Mason - The Singing Midget
It always helps to have a gimmick in the music industry, and Lowell Mason’s was that he claimed to be “the world’s smallest gospel singer.” Some info about him from missioncreep.com:He appears to have been fairly successful. And, in fact, he's still going strong. Check out his website. Though, at 82, he now focuses more on his church activities than his singing.
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 25, 2019 -
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Category: Little People, Music
Tony Pastor
Mr. Pastor had a somewhat unusual voice and presentation. I'm thinking Jim Nabors combined with Lou Costello.His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 09, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Music, Twentieth Century
The Crazy Otto Medley
Number 2 on the Billboard Charts in 1955.
The man's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 03, 2019 -
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Category: Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Music, 1950s, Europe
My Clam Digger Sweetheart
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 01, 2019 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1940s, Love & Romance
The Suitcase Junket
Hipster musician features homemade instruments, such as in the video below: silverware and cooking pot percussion.His YouTube channel.
His homepage.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 27, 2019 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Hobbies and DIY, Music
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