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Chandler Travis Philharmonette - Tomatohead Blues

from Song of the Weak​!​!​! by Chandler Travis

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For today's Song(s) of the Weak, we're featuring a couple of Philharmonette numbers in particularly rough, early versions (which I know I'll regret having put out already later, when we start getting better ones):

"Tomatohead Blues" -recorded at Bubala's, August 9, '07 -Just wanted to try to write something that sounded like Ellington's Jungle Band from the late 20's and early 30's; of course, it's not anywhere near as elegant as all that, but, hey, nothing else is, either. Note fab trumpet solo by one Keiichi Hashimoto, magically returned to the fold for a few gigs last summer -a happy event indeed! -not to mention a fine solo by Ted DeColo, who happened to be sitting in on clarinet that night, gawd luv 'im...

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from Song of the Weak​!​!​!, track released October 5, 2007
Live at Bubala's By-the-Bay, Provincetown, MA, August 9, 2007

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THE CHANDLER TRAVIS PHILHARMONIC is a 9-piece technicolor extravaganza from Boston that includes a horn section, string bass, mandocello, guitar, keys, drums, accordion, and valet. George Carlin and NRBQ are among their longtime supporters; others include Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Of Montreal, Ween, and yer mother. ... more

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