February 24, 2009

Kalamazoo

Over at dippermouth.blogspot.com there's a discussion of Louis Armstrong's take on "I've Got A Gal in Kalamazoo" that includes a wonderful video clip with an even more right-on intro:

...(Regarding the vocal by Tex and The Modernaires, I once showed this to an old friend from high school and all he could say was, “White people....ugh.”)
[but hang in there --after 4 minutes of whiteface bathos there's a specTACular Nicholas Brothers dancing take on the tune]:

Posted by oook at February 24, 2009 10:26 AM
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