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Fred Spek's CaMp CoMbO

life is a carnival, believe it or not

About Me

For your jollification, we do fun originals...crazee swing...new takes on 20s/30s standards...polkas...latin numbers...jolly jazz...maudlin ballads......tv themes...awfully good singing... Lonely Vagabond describes us as ..."hipster vaudeville" Most of our photos are by Derek Lang (BagelHot). He's a myspacer, so check him out. To email Fred Spek, try : [email protected]...... buy our 1st CD via the CD BABY link below --

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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!-------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Plus, on our new EP : Brian Cram, trumpet - Treasa Levassuer, accordion ---------- 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