[Dixielandjazz] Urban Spaceman

[David Richoux]

I have been a Bonzo fan since waaay back (I even knew about them in the 
late 60s despite their having next to no air play on US radio!)  A very 
good website for them: 
http://www.iankitching.me.uk/music/bonzos/index.html#Contents

Since then I have done several radio specials on them at KFJC. Not 
everything they did was OKOM, but a lot of it was, very much.
There was a  relationship between the Temperance 7 and the Bonzos but 
it was sort of a "Big Brother - Little Brother" thing. As I recall no 
members of the T7 were in the Bonzos but they knew each other.

Try listening to "Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold" for the 
Absolute Worst Ever Trad Band sound ;-)

There was a picture of some surviving members of the original band 
playing "Skiffle" style instruments on a UK website a few years ago but 
I have lost the link. I don't know if the musicians on Neil's recording 
you link are the same folks.

There is a relatively knowledgeable discussion list on Bonzo Dog 
related topics at
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bonzo-dog-band/      You might ask there.


Dave Richoux

On Feb 16, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Ed Danielson wrote:

> For some reason the tune "I'm the Urban Spaceman" popped into my head 
> the other day.  It was done by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band back in the 
> late 60s.  I remembered them as a kind of "Monty Python meets Frank 
> Zappa in a British music hall" oddball act.
>
> I was genuinely surprised to find a very swinging version of the tune 
> at this website:
> http://www.neilinnes.org/I.htm#urbanspaceman
>
> Scroll down to the "audio" link.
>
> Does anyone know anything about who's playing on this? ... maybe some 
> of the British listmates?  The musicianship seems much better than I 
> what remember from that band.
>
> I'm also wondering about "The Temperance Seven," a band formed in the 
> 50s that seems to still be active.  A recent album by them features 
> liner notes by former Bonzo Dog member Neil Innes.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed Danielson
>
>
>
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