Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Chase Those Little Rainbows In My Soul

Here's a song I've always admired.  It was written by Robert Crumb, the underground cartoonist popular in the 60s and 70s.  Robert Crumbs music is always filled with joy.  How can you go wrong with a banjo, mandolin, accordion, Hawaiian guitar and a musical saw?  His first release, with the Keep on Truckin' Orchestra was pressed to vinyl in a 78 rpm recording of River Blues / Wisconsin  Wiggles. By the time it came out, many phonographs no longer supported the 78 rpm speed, so lots of people missed this beautiful recording.  There is another group of LP albums that Robert Crumb recorded in the 1970s with the Cheap Suit Serenaders.  This song was among those, co-written by Mr. Crumb.  For the most part, the group recorded classics from the 1920s and 1930s, for example a heart-rendingly beautiful rendition of "I'll See You In My Dreams" featuring a musical saw.

And so, trying to keep the old Carpal Tunnel at bay, here is the famous laid-off church organist Gary Alan Guetzlaff's version of Chasing Rainbows!



https://youtu.be/4-BxC6o0Lnw

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