Smothers Brother

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by cal828

Boatmen sing, Boatmen Dance, Boatmen do most anything. Damn, now I'll be singing that to myself all night. Just pulled some of that you tube stuff up. Watched one where Jim Stafford on the Smothers Brothers show played Mason William's Classical Gas. Amazing performance.

"I'm a boatman, gee I'm sore; I came home without an oar."

Heh. NOW I get it.

I found the opening from their 1988 reunion special. They made no bones about having been fired:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP3VAm_uXdk

[cal828]

Here ya go GR. You should enjoy this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q34GN1ZT1Kc

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by cal828

Here ya go GR. You should enjoy this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q34GN1ZT1Kc

That was a hoot; thanks for that. Here's the Purple Onion track (starts at about the 5 minute mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yEDLSOKYI

Best history lesson ever.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

That was a hoot; thanks for that. Here's the Purple Onion track (starts at about the 5 minute mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yEDLSOKYI

Best history lesson ever.

You're welcome. There was another one on youtube that was the Smothers Brothers, Peter Paul and Mary and Donovan all performing together. Good stuff, but the interesting thing was that after you watched it, you could then watch a whole lot more videos of PP&M. I stayed up until about 2 watching videos of them. God, they were good. Paul Stookey singing The Wedding Song could just about move you to tears.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by cal828

You're welcome. There was another one on youtube that was the Smothers Brothers, Peter Paul and Mary and Donovan all performing together. Good stuff, but the interesting thing was that after you watched it, you could then watch a whole lot more videos of PP&M. I stayed up until about 2 watching videos of them. God, they were good. Paul Stookey singing The Wedding Song could just about move you to tears.

I love Peter Paul & Mary. My dad would make his own mix tapes (8 track tapes, to be specific) for road trips and he loved 60s folk, so it was a lot of Peter Paul & Mary, the Kingston Trio, Simon & Garfunkel, etc.

PP&M's harmonies sure could move you to tears. Hell, even "Puff the Magic Dragon" can make me cry, especially now that I've got a kid of my own.