My mother is one of the marimba players.Back row middle short girl. She was 21. I wish she would have been able to see this gem. My father was able to and loved to watch it. They played all over the country at all kinds of venues though mainly on the east coast.
Took drum set lessons from Reg Kehoe for around 3 years back in the early 70's. Third floor above the Don Randall Music Store in downtown Lancaster Pa. He was a kind and gentle soul and always very encouraging. I'm still playing semi-professionally at age 68. Thanks Regie.❤
You TOTALLY took the words right out of my mouth! It's like the bassist was beamed down from the planet of rock 'n' roll! Wonder if any substances were inhaled before he went onstage...?
You folks will never believe this, but I have an old photo of my dad standing on the boardwalk in Atlantic City (around the late 1930s) with the virtuosi bass player featured here. He once told me about this band and that he dated one of the Marimba Queens for a while. I thought he was making this whole thing up until shortly after my father passed away, I caught this soundie on TV one day--that's when I recognized who the man was he was standing with in the picture. I kid you not! Anyway, to me, this is the craziest, weirdest, most delightful soundie ever put on film. Thanks for the beautiful print of this fast-growing "cult" soundie (if there is such a thing!)
***** Thanks for the information Carl! It's nice to know he had a lengthy career (he outlived my did by quite a while too!) Apparently, this band must have called Pennsylvania it base of operations from what you said and the fact that my dad mentioned when he was dating one of the girls in the band, it was in Bryn Mawr, PA. I always thought this photo I had was taken on the boardwalk in Atlantic City (where I grew up), but now I'm sure it was taken in Pennsylvania. Much appreciated your writing--thanks again!
I wish there were more recordings from this group. I just love the marimba and xylophone and those ladies and the guy out front play so well! The bassist really gets into it!
Once upon a time there was a boy named Bill. Bill wanted to be a heavy metal rock star, so he started to learn how to play the bass. But the he realized that it was the 1950s and that rock wasn’t invented yet. So he went on to play bass with another band. But sometimes he still relives his rocking fantasy to this day..
I live 3 houses west of the Kehoe's. I Knew Ma and their daughter Karen. There was a fire at the house about 8 or so years ago and Karen died as a result of it. Ma died a short while after Karen in local nursing home. The home is completely remodeled and a Pakistani family live there. I miss Ma and Karen. I have the cement and wooden bench that was always at the corner of their property, right on the corner near the road. It is still painted the bright red that Ma Kehoe loved. Josie Ransing Rice
Those Kehoe men and their power over beautiful musical women in fancy dresses. Had I been around in the 40s surely this would have been my act. Though the role of the bass player is it's own act.
The fact that he looks like he's a chimpanzee having a seizure and getting tazed simultaneously, and it's STILL a better and more consistent beat than me after a year of guitar lessons, is equal parts amazing and depressing.
This makes me want to go out and learn to play the marimba or maybe the maracas. The double base and maraca players are my favorites artists in the clip.
Les jolies xylophonistes sont géniales et talentueuses, le bassiste est (un peu trop) excentrique et original, mais l'ensemble est musicalement excellent ! Comme les musiques étaient de qualité particulièrement celle-ci diffusée beaucoup plus souvent au cours des années 1930, avec les techniques de l'époque, n'ayant rien à envier à celles d'aujourd'hui. Bravo !
I like this version, because it has the whole intro, and is shot from different angles. But when it comes to the chorus for the first time, it gets cut out!
This comes from a wonderful era where TALENT eclipsed "celebrity" and performers could radiate a good time and bring the audience right along. The lady next to the maraca player is the leader's wife. Notice how she doesn't try to "out glam" the other ladies? This alone speaks volumes. I only wish they were still around so I could see them in person. Life is way too short!
Soundies prints were made right-left reversed because the movie juke boxes they were made for projected them from behind a translucent screen. Watching from in front of the machine, the picture appeared correctly left-right.
A Study in Brown, if I remember correctly. Also, they weren't actually playing for the soundie, it was recorded then set to the video. Search Lane Tuesdale for another iconic soundie of the forties.
I compared it to v=uc4yoIwGqOc and synched them up perfectly and it's the same performace but they had several cameras rolling simulatenously and the edits are different. It's kind of cool watching them at the same time in synch.
Crazy - at first, I thought this must be the same as the soundie version, but left/right reversed (because the bassist is on the right), but it's not. Then I compared it with some other versions that have the bassist on the right, and it's different than those too. But they all have the same backdrop, the same girls in the same locations, the same sequence of close-ups - yet they're all different. I guess they must have played this a billion times.
It's such a disappointment that this seems to be the only thing available for this group. I've looked quite a bit and there are little bits of information, such as that the bass player is married to the woman playing marimba to his left when he's in his original spot. If anyone ever finds other video material, I'd love to see it. This really makes me laugh.
That slap bass player was doing John Belushi before Belushi was even born. I call this group Slim and Slappy and the Marimbo Bimbos. Such talent. Pay attention here, Mi ley and Lady Gaga...
my friend, i did the same research, i think it's different too and yes, the must have played exactly the same thing always! thanks for the message by the way and feel free to check my channel, most of the music there is entirely mine, cheers
Can the lady on the right actually claim the title of Marimba Queen given that she is not in fact playing the marimba? is merely being in the presence of marimbas enough to bestow the title?
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thanks don hertzfeldt
My mother is one of the marimba players.Back row middle short girl. She was 21. I wish she would have been able to see this gem. My father was able to and loved to watch it. They played all over the country at all kinds of venues though mainly on the east coast.
Ruth Hauser?
That's cool! Sorry to hear your Mom wasn't able to see this footage.
How many takes did they have to do before they could get through it without collapsing in laughter?
I found this by accident years ago and still play it at least once a week!! Your mom and her fellow Queens were amazing!
How neat! I've watched this many times with my daughter, we love it! It looks like your Mom was having the time of her life. :)
A subtle performance on bass.
Ya think?! ;)
Hahah
Absolutely insane to watch ME in theaters, get shown this and have another hour of existential torment immediately after, thank you Don
Saw this before Don’s Theatrical showin of “It’s such a Beautiful Day”
ayyy saw it in portland
going straight from this into It's Such a Beautiful Day is an insane tonal whiplash, thank you Don Hertzfeldt
Thank you for everything, Don Hertzfeldt.
Took drum set lessons from Reg Kehoe for around 3 years back in the early 70's. Third floor above the Don Randall Music Store in downtown Lancaster Pa. He was a kind and gentle soul and always very encouraging. I'm still playing semi-professionally at age 68. Thanks Regie.❤
Thanks for sharing those precious memories, and that's great you're still playing!
Me too. I loved playing along with him.
Head-banging metal bassist in the 1940's; dude was ahead of his time.
LOL!!!!!!! 🏆 You win the internet for THAT one!!!!!
You TOTALLY took the words right out of my mouth! It's like the bassist was beamed down from the planet of rock 'n' roll! Wonder if any substances were inhaled before he went onstage...?
@@donaldcarletonjr.9047 Frank DInunzio Sr
@@donaldcarletonjr.9047 Yeah, he hogged the whole band's supply for himself.
Slaps his bass harder than Davie504
If heaven is not like this I will be very, very disappointed.
If you've been really, really good it will be.
It wasn’t, but maybe next time.
@@peabody314 That's one way to think of it, but it's not actually a morality thing. Jesus loves, Jesus saves; give Him a try! 😊
Me too
You folks will never believe this, but I have an old photo of my dad standing on the boardwalk in Atlantic City (around the late 1930s) with the virtuosi bass player featured here. He once told me about this band and that he dated one of the Marimba Queens for a while. I thought he was making this whole thing up until shortly after my father passed away, I caught this soundie on TV one day--that's when I recognized who the man was he was standing with in the picture. I kid you not! Anyway, to me, this is the craziest, weirdest, most delightful soundie ever put on film. Thanks for the beautiful print of this fast-growing "cult" soundie (if there is such a thing!)
***** Thanks for the information Carl! It's nice to know he had a lengthy career (he outlived my did by quite a while too!) Apparently, this band must have called Pennsylvania it base of operations from what you said and the fact that my dad mentioned when he was dating one of the girls in the band, it was in Bryn Mawr, PA. I always thought this photo I had was taken on the boardwalk in Atlantic City (where I grew up), but now I'm sure it was taken in Pennsylvania. Much appreciated your writing--thanks again!
I've read elsewhere that Frank DiNunzio was married to one of the ladies on marimba, specifically the one second from the far right.
Well, that Frank certainly looked like a lady-killer; that would not surprise me! :)
+Gloria Billings That's Fern Kehoe, Reg's wife, next to the lady with the Maracas... She was also a very talented contortionist too...
Would you happen to know the name of this composition?
I love you Don Hertzfeldt
All I can say is, that bass player is the coolest bassist in the history of humankind!
Francis Joseph “Frank” DiNunzio
28 May 1913 - 2005 (91)
GREAT. TRULY GREAT
This cracks me up every time. The innocence of the time, too is Cheering!!!
Aug 15, 2017.
Bassist stole.the.show. Period
The Bass player is like 60 years ahead of his time!
Your grandkids are gonna love this
Yeah, he's so good he can pluck notes and not make a sound!
I wish there were more recordings from this group. I just love the marimba and xylophone and those ladies and the guy out front play so well! The bassist really gets into it!
I inadvertently played this at double speed. It's hilarious!
I'm here from They Might Be Giants' new video. I genuinely thought that they had sped the bass player up, but nope.
Mister Apple Keep reading my mind!!! 🤤
which video would that be, if you don't mind me asking?
@@josheldridge8546 The neck rolls aren't working
i thought this was a great palette cleanser after ME, what a great experience. everything is amazing
Once upon a time there was a boy named Bill. Bill wanted to be a heavy metal rock star, so he started to learn how to play the bass. But the he realized that it was the 1950s and that rock wasn’t invented yet. So he went on to play bass with another band. But sometimes he still relives his rocking fantasy to this day..
This is by far the clearest copy of this soundie I've ever run across. Well done...
Three things can always make me laugh:
The Andy Griffith Show
The Japanese spa prank
The bass slappin' dude!
How can anyone not like that? The joy of music
This brings me to laughing tears every time I see it 😂
That was always my issue as a bassist when I was performing: getting drowned out by the maracas. :!
What a hidden gem! Thank you!
Now that's what I call music!!!
I live 3 houses west of the Kehoe's. I Knew Ma and their daughter Karen. There was a fire at the house about 8 or so years ago and Karen died as a result of it. Ma died a short while after Karen in local nursing home. The home is completely remodeled and a Pakistani family live there. I miss Ma and Karen. I have the cement and wooden bench that was always at the corner of their property, right on the corner near the road. It is still painted the bright red that Ma Kehoe loved. Josie Ransing Rice
+Elisa Battle Oh no - that is so sad! I'm sure they're really happy you have their red bench and think about them :)
I'm so sorry.
I know I'm going to see that mesmerizing maracas player in my dreams.
love it every time I see it!
We need more of this and fewer 4-chord songs!
FYI, the bass player is Frank De Nunzio Senior from Hersey in Pennsylvania
Used to play b-ball with Frank at the Y in the 70’s. What a wonderful person.
one of the Soundies!
@@youfrog7772 He is even MORE awesome in my eyes now, if that's possible.
This is the last act to appear in the Columbia one-reel short KEHOE'S MARIMBA BAND from 1944.
Take that, Terry Riley!
Thank you very much for posting this masterpiece in such a good quality!
c'est extra merveilleux merci ❤🌹💐👍
What a Funy Music-Video.
Quality Time ! Thank you for sharing!
I challenge _anybody_ not to be happy while watching this.
Those Kehoe men and their power over beautiful musical women in fancy dresses. Had I been around in the 40s surely this would have been my act. Though the role of the bass player is it's own act.
I was laughing my butt off the whole time at the bass guy xD
This is legit awesome.
I play this on my monthly SPOOKEasy show on twitch!!! It is a classic!!!
Cool in any era, by any standard.
The fact that he looks like he's a chimpanzee having a seizure and getting tazed simultaneously, and it's STILL a better and more consistent beat than me after a year of guitar lessons, is equal parts amazing and depressing.
1:16 The original head-banger.
The name of this film is "A Study In Brown".
That contrabass game is high.
This makes me want to go out and learn to play the marimba or maybe the maracas. The double base and maraca players are my favorites artists in the clip.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTI HOLDEN!!!! XOXOOX BARB AND HILO ho ho ( One of these ladies was bass player's wife!)
Where are these ladies when we need them so badly!
There's just . . . there's a whole lot goin' on in this video!!!
Les jolies xylophonistes sont géniales et talentueuses, le bassiste est (un peu trop) excentrique et original, mais l'ensemble est musicalement excellent ! Comme les musiques étaient de qualité particulièrement celle-ci diffusée beaucoup plus souvent au cours des années 1930, avec les techniques de l'époque, n'ayant rien à envier à celles d'aujourd'hui. Bravo !
I like this version, because it has the whole intro, and is shot from different angles. But when it comes to the chorus for the first time, it gets cut out!
Thanks Max.
This is my happy place.
WOAH this guy is my long lost relative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The base player!! HAHAHAHA
I saw that in Reefer Madness
This comes from a wonderful era where TALENT eclipsed "celebrity" and performers could radiate a good time and bring the audience right along. The lady next to the maraca player is the leader's wife. Notice how she doesn't try to "out glam" the other ladies? This alone speaks volumes. I only wish they were still around so I could see them in person. Life is way too short!
This version is NOT the right-left reversed one I've seen before--great, and less disconcerting!
Soundies prints were made right-left reversed because the movie juke boxes they were made for projected them from behind a translucent screen. Watching from in front of the machine, the picture appeared correctly left-right.
Brilliant.
A Study in Brown, if I remember correctly. Also, they weren't actually playing for the soundie, it was recorded then set to the video. Search Lane Tuesdale for another iconic soundie of the forties.
Back when music was pure
The cutting edge of cool in the 1930s.
Reggie K.'s vibes are getting upstaged by the frenetic pluckings of Frankie D. This is like the Olson & Johnson of xylophone groups...
cant remember now, maybe torrent, maybe some website! you can download it if you want, its public domain
it's already an off-the-wall composition and presentation and then you throw in the black sheep bassist lmfao : )
How can you not put your ear to the air horn? Just look, it's adorable, how can you not put your ear to it? -The Neck Rolls Aren't Working
Been doing Neck rolls to hopefully limber up like these guys.
I don't think it's working.
The one where he is on the left is reversed... it may be a different recording but the camera is reversed.. Look at the pipes...
Such lovely swaying hips..!
I compared it to v=uc4yoIwGqOc and synched them up perfectly and it's the same performace but they had several cameras rolling simulatenously and the edits are different. It's kind of cool watching them at the same time in synch.
I like it.
Dare to dream of Steve Moore with this bass player...
Crazy - at first, I thought this must be the same as the soundie version, but left/right reversed (because the bassist is on the right), but it's not. Then I compared it with some other versions that have the bassist on the right, and it's different than those too. But they all have the same backdrop, the same girls in the same locations, the same sequence of close-ups - yet they're all different. I guess they must have played this a billion times.
Woah, awesome...where did you find an HD source?
‘Better call Saul’ ending!! ;)
Better than 99% of the music made today
SouthPaw With the exception of They Might Be Giants, not just from using this in The Neck Rolls Aren’t Working!
LE WRONG GENERATION
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
Did they have Red Bull in the 40s?
Ward Cleaver of the marimba. Above Don Randall
not sure what the bassist was excited by more: the sick solo or being surrounded by so many beautiful women haha
Some people are out there looking for a goth gf, im out here looking for my marimba queen.
Is there anything in print about this group? Fascinating stuff...
John Cohen Have a look at the Wikipedia article - just search for "Reg Kehoe".
Thanks, I've seen the Wikipedia article. Looking for something in more depth...
It's such a disappointment that this seems to be the only thing available for this group. I've looked quite a bit and there are little bits of information, such as that the bass player is married to the woman playing marimba to his left when he's in his original spot. If anyone ever finds other video material, I'd love to see it. This really makes me laugh.
That bass player is hopped up on the reefer.
Nah, the same stuff the 'MGM doctor' prescribed and got Judy Garland hooked on for "Oz" filmings... "Reefer" was lame back then.
That slap bass player was doing John Belushi before Belushi was even born. I call this group Slim and Slappy and the Marimbo Bimbos. Such talent. Pay attention here, Mi
ley and Lady Gaga...
Who else came here after watching the They Might Be Giants music video?
Bass Player At The Wrong Gig.
на контрабасе - красавчик !!!
my friend, i did the same research, i think it's different too and yes, the must have played exactly the same thing always! thanks for the message by the way and feel free to check my channel, most of the music there is entirely mine, cheers
At first I thought the bass player was swatting at flies!
Can the lady on the right actually claim the title of Marimba Queen given that she is not in fact playing the marimba? is merely being in the presence of marimbas enough to bestow the title?
How about "Maraca Mistress?" Hmmmm....
You'd think a guy who plays the bass like that would be skinnier!
Because it's frickin old.... What did you expect?
Interesting upright bass technique....
The estrogen on the tour bus must have been palpable.
Angus Young, eat yer heart out!
The bass player looks like my grandfather lol