I’ve often joked that there were times in my life where I felt about as out-of-place as a second trombone in a string quartet. But that being said …
This musical clip will make you smile. Trust me.
I received this clip from a friend of mine, Paul Rapp (local music lovers might know him as F Lee Harvey Blotto of ghe awesome band of the same name). And after much detective work on my part, I discovered that this is the only surviving movie clip of an orchestra named Reg Kehoe and His Marimba Queens. The song, “A Study in Brown,” has the orchestra – Kehoe and seven women – all on various marimbas and xylophones and vibraphones, banging and smiling their way through a two-minute performance of their song.
I should note, though, that this video also contains an additional band member – the man playing the double bass. And this guy’s going at it like he’s channeling his inner Stray Cats.
Don’t believe me? Check this out. Seven women in 1940’s-era cocktail dresses, and your eyes automatically gravitate towards Frank DeNunzio, Sr., the bass player.
All I can say is … rock on, Frank DeNunzio, Sr. When you need to stand out in a crowd …
So if the dreary days are downright depressing and dull and damp …
Just get yourself a slap bass and rock out like you’er in your oown magical world.
Just like in real life. 😀
Chuck The Writer 
He must have had a great teacher. “FEEL the music, BE the music, put yourself INTO it, become one with it!” Great entertainment, no doubt about it.
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That was streaming around the Internet last year. I undoubtedly linked to it. And there are at least two versions, one reversed, because Frank is on the other side in some.
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