Member Since: 10/6/2005
Band Website: CAMPCOMBO.CA
Band Members: Fred Spek - band leader, sax and singin' -
Mike Rosenthal, drums - Nichol S. Robertson, banjo/guitar
- Rachel Melas, upright bass
---- Check our website for a list of all the great players we've had
on the bandstand!--------------------------------------------------
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Plus, on our new EP :
Brian Cram, trumpet -
Treasa Levassuer, accordion
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If you really wanna keep updated about gigs, send a message and I'll put you on the email list. (fredspek AT gmail DOT com)
Influences: In no particular order and at the risk of naming too few... Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Esquivel, Vic Mizzy, Raymond Scott, Bonzo Dog Band, The Three Suns, Jimmy Lunceford, The Molestics, Boots Randolph, Ethel Merman, Slim Gallard (Slim and Slam), Tom Waits, Thelonius Monk, Roland Kirk...
Sounds Like: a drunk Lawerence Welk, a sober Sun Ra... hipster vaudeville, acid-trip carnival music, non-purist jazz, playful exotica...please tell us !
Record Label: independent, but looking for dependence
Type of Label: None