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Pepper Martin's Mudcats (Mon. 11:30 p. m., MBS). St. Louis Cardinals' swing band led by Outfielder Martin (guitar and mouth harp). Other members: Pitchers Lon Warneke (guitar), Bill McGee (violin), Lefty Weiland (jug), Outfielder Frenchy Bordagaray (washboard, auto horns...
...Frankly out to build up a novelty band rather than one which would be noted for its music, Freddie signed up two cards like himself for the front row- Stanley Fritts, who could play the trombone and drums and specialized in getting tunes out of a jug and a washboard, and Nels Laakso. who triple-tongued and hit easy high C's on the cornet, but also did not disdain making noise simply by sucking the mouthpiece. For the back row Freddie Fisher got Pianist-Arranger Paul Cooper, Drummer Kenneth Trisko, Bull Fiddler Charles Koenig. The Schnickel-fritz Band...
...little more restraint than usual, introduces six lindy hoppers, who add considerable zest to the program, and presents a home-made band which nearly steals the show. This group, led by a colored gentleman who is even lazier than Steppin Fetchil, swings high and swings low on a washboard, a couple of toy trumpets, a guitar, a decrepit piano, and a siap bass...
...tempest which had caught her in the perilous Florida Straits. Night came down and the storm increased, sending waves clean over her bridge, blinding her officers with solid sheets of rain. At 8:12 p. m. the Dixie's bottom grated over something that felt like a giant washboard, stuck fast on a hidden reef...
There is no plot that the reviewer could discover in "Hi-de-ho." A very pleasing devil was running about and his domain seemed to be peopled with most agreeable dancers and singers. The most extravagantly successful act of the show was a prison orchestration by Bruce Johnson's Washboard Serenaders. The positively incredible way this group could make music go mad almost drove the audience into a frenzy. Your reviewer distinctly counted three women who actually jumped at least six inches out of their seats during one of the rendition. Also peppy was Sandy and his band. While scientific...