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Tom Marion

Last of the old-time Italian string players

About Me


'O surdato 'nnammurato'
Tom Marion and His Sweet Hollywaiians
15 dollar (Including tax) RDR-01

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1.Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? (1925)
2.Idolizing (1926)
3.Home (1931)
4.Tarantola
5.Honolulu Stomp (1927)
6.Sicilian Shoriche
7.Dreaming of You (1929)
8.Sweet Sue Just You (1928)
9.Third Man Theme (1950)
10.At Sundown (1927)
11.El Choclo (1903)
12.Ecos del Bosque (Woodland Echoes) (1929)
13.Impromptu (1930)
14.'O surdato 'nnammurato (1915)

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Tom Marion of Robert Crumb’s 1970’s band “The Cheap Suit Serenaders” is featured with the spirited Japanese Hot Jazz acoustic string band “The Sweet Hollywaiians” performing old time Swing, American, Italian, Hawaiian and Puerto Rican jazz and folk tunes.
The CD highlights expert playing by Tom and the band who have studied older styles made famous by the Italian’s Eddie Lang (Paul Whiteman Orchestra), Nick Lucas and the famous Hawaiian lap steel player Sol Hoopii and Bennie Nawahi . The CD is rich with mandolins, lap steel guitar, ukuleles, acoustic stand up bass, banjo, mandocello, mandola and of course guitars.
As a child Tom (who is Italian) learned traditional songs from his Sicilian grandfather and brings an authentic style to everything he plays. He currently can be heard on 4 of the amazing Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys 5 CDs playing guitar, mandolin and banjo.
The Sweet Hollywaiians (residing in Japan) are young Japanese fellows who have mastered 1920’s – 1940’s Hawaiian swing calypso.
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“I like it very much!!!” Robert Crumb
You can get CD from CDbaby!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/tmarionhsh
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Member Since: 8/1/2007
Band Website: radiodays.way-nifty.com/
Band Members: Tom Marion
is the last of the old-time Italian string players. He plays guitar, banjo and mandolin with equal grace, and in a style that virtually disappeared before World War II.

"Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?"

"Idolizing"

Sweet Hollywaiians are
Tomotaka Matsui
Nobumasa Takada aka Mario
Takashi Nakayama
Kohichi Tsutsumishita

http://www.myspace.com/sweethollywaiians

Milenberg Joys

Influences: Nick Lucas
Eddie Lang
Great Italian Guitar Players!

Sounds Like: Wider variety of the jazz, dance, ragtime, and ethnic styles especially italian that are audible exclusively on early records.
Record Label: Radio Days Records
Type of Label: None