I grew up listening to Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
He broke the world of funny songs and hilarity wide
open with his long running stage show.
There has never been anybody quite like him.
He was all about timing, zany antics, and chemistry.
Really heavy on the timing, you can tell that practice
made perfect with his crew of silly people.
George Rock, Doodles Weaver, and a bevy of other
very talented musicians with a sense of humor made
up the City Slickers, all superb in their own right.
This is a cut off of his 1956 “Dinner Music for People
who aren’t very hungry” recording.
It is different, in a wonderfully weird way, with George
Rock singing a song of innocence and wonderment to a
father (also George) that doesn’t seem to quite understand.
A very interesting piece…