Member Since: 6/8/2006
Band Website: rubewaddell.org
Band Members: Freddi "Mahatma Boom Boom" Price: vocals, trumpet, guitar, flutes, tablas, whistles, cittern, baritone horn, can-jo, toy piano, erotic historical discourse on iconoclastic philosophers, fantastical architectual prowess//Kirk "Captain Feedback" Lombard: vocals, harmonica, sousaphone, jawharp, Teignmouth Electron 2- string wonder, uke, ichthyology facts and boxing tutorials//
Larry "Reverend Wupass" Henderson: drums,percussion, vocals, tenor and baritone uke, marimba, homemade bass, neo-classical facial expressions, ability to tame the minds of the tortured//Max "A.Million" Baloian: accordion, guitar, bass, banjo, washboard, saw, mid-east uke,unpredictable moments of physical collapse, exquisite bourbon collection.
Influences: Ossie Schreckengost, Roy Smeck,Johnny Cash, Harry Smith's Anthologies, early 19th century nautical gossip, Tin Pan Alley standards, Atilla the Hun, the anthropological juggernaut and pie eating champion CF Hibben, Douglas Mawson and the crew of the Aurora in 1912, Doo Rag, Cambodian Stan, Tom Waits, William Shatner's effortless rolls during the first 4 seasons of Star Trek, Obrien's "Third Policeman", Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Mannix (as played by Mike Conners, aka Krekor Ohanian),Eugene V. Debs, the Viking Demon, Joe Hill, Bukka White, Miss. Fred McDowell,bottom-feeding sea life, Primitive Folk and Garage Musics from around the globe.
Sounds Like: The Three Penny Opera as interpreted by George Jones, Harry Partch, and Little Walter after a 3-day binge on Rye and Monkey Face Eel; Son House fronting a Salvation Army band on a whaling expedition.
Record Label: none
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