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Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen

Old-Timey Pop

About Me


Tippy Canoe painting by Brandt Elling Peters
Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen play popular music or what the kids call pop. Now their sound may not exactly be the popular music of today, but it encapsulates what has made people smile, laugh and talk about over the last nine decades. Your ears will perk up when you hear their potent toe-tappers or youll gladly wrap yourself in the melancholy they cast when performing a dreamy ballad.
Songbird and uke-slinger, Tippy Canoe, aka Michele Kappel (from Sympathy For the Record Industry's The Kirby Grips), is on a mission to bring sincere uplift in a severely down-slanted era. Her voice is a mixture of the 60's girl group sound and classic country with its own quirky nature shining through. Her songwriting bears the stamp of a person who has absorbed a variety of influences. These range from 20's and 30's acts like The Boswell Sisters and Jack Teagarden to 50's and 60's performers like Brenda Lee and The Chiffons and catchy post-punk bands such as Squeeze and Blondie.
The San Francisco Chronicle decided to slap her picture on the cover of their publication in 2007. The San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art included her in an exhibition on the uke and Spark TV, the bay area’s arts showcase, saw fit to zero in on the band’s brand of old-timey pop for a recent segment. Other adventures have included tours of the east and west coasts, the first annual San Francisco Ukulele Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens and one very long, hot evening in a strange tattoo parlour in Mexico.
The Paddlemen use their skill with the drum kit (Rick Quisol-The Frisky Frolics, The Royal Deuces, Atomic Cocktail), guitar (Mikie Lee Prasad-Heavy Petting Zoo, Maria Muldaur) and bass (Chris "T.G." Green-The Frisky Frolics, Atomic Cocktail, Minnie Pearl Necklace) to conjure up a tight-knit mesh of rhythm to compliment her old-timey pop melodies. Additional assistance is provided at times by Yanos Lustig (sax/keys - Johnny Bones and the Palace of Jazz), and Christopher Fisher (drums - 77 el Deora/The Country Squires).
You can call it old-timey, you can call it retro, you can even make up a word and call it 20sjazzcountrydoowoppop, but whatever the moniker just let yourself go and enjoy it.
I do not fear ukuleles, I fear lack of them -Isaac Asimov, author
View Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen's EPK
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The debut full-length recording presented by Late Bloomers Works
Available NOW!
Cover art designed, photographed and executed by that clever artist and Hollywood resident
Rick Whitmore .
Soon to be available at http://cdbaby.com/ and more!
Or pre-order today for $12 plus shipping:
LBW 0001-Parasols and Pekingese CD
Haven't you heard? ....layers are in.
How about starting out with a Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen tee-shirt.
Available in Mens' "beefy" and Ladies "sassy" cuts.
Created by Brian Mello from an original painting by Brandt Elling Peters
$15 plus shipping.
Sizes MED/LRG/XL presently available.
Please specify size and be sure to use the secret handshake when ordering.
LBW 0002-Mens' beefy-tee 1
LBW0004-Ladies' sassy-tee
One single dollar (free shipping).
Parasols and Pekingese Sticker by renaissance man Brian Mello
LBW 0003-Pekingese sticker

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/9/2004
Band Website: TippyCanoe.net
Band Members: Michele Kappel a.k.a. Tippy
Mikie Lee Prasad
Rick Quisol
Chris "T.G." Green

with additional assistance from:
Yanos Lustig
and
Christopher Fisher

Influences: Squeeze , Dinah Washington , Brenda Lee , Sonny Till & the Orioles , Maddox Brothers and Rose , Neil Finn , Duke Ellington , Ray Noble , Dion & the Belmonts , Donna Summer , Sarah Vaughn , Cliff Edwards , The Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra , Stevie Wonder , Ray Price , The Carpenters , Teenage Fanclub , George Jones , James Brown , Anita Carter , David Bowie , Patsy Cline , Siouxsie & the Banshees , Annette Hanshaw , Mary Hopkin , The Six Teens , Blondie , The Kirby Grips , Queen , Electric Light Orchestra , Little Willie John , The Boswell Sisters , Elvis Costello , Connie Smith and The Beatles ...to name a few.
Sounds Like: Very "NOW" but also very "THEN"
A little poppy, a little jazzy, a little country and oh! oh! oh!
Record Label: Late Bloomers Works
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Tippy Tribune ~ May 08 Edition - P + P

The Tippy TribuneMay 2008For this issue of T.T.T. we'd like to start with three Karl Lagerfeld quotes that capture a bit of what the new cd is all about:"There is a sort of melancholia which I find qu...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:05:00 PST

Sleep, Sleep My Dear is the Sepiachord Song of The Day

Many thanks to the disarming and charming cast & crew of Sepiachord for deeming Sleep, Sleep My Dear --off the new recording "Parasols and Pekingese" ---their Song of The Day.Wunderbar, we say!!We rec...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:48:00 PST

"Parasols & Pekingese!" is IMMINENT! Now taking pre-orders.

HURRAH times 1,000!The debut full-length recording from Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen will be officially released on May 31st.Pre-orders are being taken now via PayPal at http://www.tippycanoe.netand he...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Mon, 05 May 2008 07:08:00 PST

Announcing The Golden Parasol East Coast Tour for Uni + Tippy

Ladies -n- Gentlemens!  We've an announcement to make.Come this very June your uke-vixen pals Uni & her Ukelele and Tippy Canoewill embark on The Golden Parasol Tour ~ a dual CD release tour to the Ea...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:26:00 PST

The Bay Bridged.com review of 4/8 @ The Hemlock by Lizz Fay

The lovely Lizz Fay and The Bay Bridged.com have kindly recounted the amazing evening of April 8th, 2008 (aka Uni & the Ding! String Trio's CD release party) for you all to read and enjoy. Thank you t...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:36:00 PST

The Final Report on The Everythings Just Ducky Tour

The Final Report on The Everything's Just Ducky Tourby Tippy Canoe & Uni and her UkeleleTippy:On a Tuesday afternoon Uni and I sped off down the highway.Bye-bye Oakland......Hullo Adventure!First land...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:47:00 PST

The Tippy Tribune ~ April ’08 Edition - Fisticuffs!

The Tippy TribuneApril 2008 Issue"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." Bette Davis Happy Birthday to ...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:27:00 PST

Elastic Intinerary for the Uni + Tippy East Coast Tour: June 19-30

Uni & her Ukelele and Tippy Canoe will combine forces to stir up a ruckus on the Eastern Seabord between June 19-30. Below is a basic, but extremely elastic sample itinerary. Please drop us a line if...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:33:00 PST

The Tippy Tribune ~ March 08 Edition

The Tippy TribuneMarch 2008 Edition*In today’s HOROSCOPES: Check out the story on your future at the Make Out Room*In today’s TRAVEL & LEISURE SECTION: It’s the inside scoop on the b...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:11:00 PST

The Tippy Tribune ~ February 08 Edition

The Tippy TribuneServing the greater Berkeley, San Francisco, Sacramento & Alameda areas."If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner." Tallulah Bankhead.Greetings from the...
Posted by Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:29:00 PST