It was the early 80’s when I first heard this song while standing on the north side of the Bloomington square. Bob Lucas played this circle of fifths novelty, almost Dadaist, tune from 1928 (lyrics by Mort Dixon). He played lightening fast and sang the nonsense lyrics, boy was I impressed! I was aware of the jazzy chord changes from playing jug band tunes like “Keep on Trucking”, but this was a chord per measure, fast, dynamic, and fun!
We were touring the antique mall after the Market yesterday, Dexter found the guitars, and June recorded as I made a withdrawal from the memory bank…
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