Here's one I'll bet you never heard, Jesse

[Willie T]

When my grandmother had me beating on her piano, this gal was my idol.

 

[jasonc]

ouch the Lawrence welk show. I barely remember that show.mom's favorite.

 

[Willie T]

Of course there is part of our family we sort of act like aren't.....

 

[Jesse]

Of course there is part of our family we sort of act like aren't.....

Wait, are you related to this guy? He has a good voice.

The Lawrence Welk show? That I have never heard of. Did they always match their outfit to the piano? lol

I don't know much about piano player, but she's pretty fast!

 

[reba]

just about Jesse Just about...

 

[KevinK]

Well, there's always...

 

[Jesse]

Well, there's always...

"One Toke Over the Line" .......

That must have meant something different back then, right?

 

[Knotical]

Well one thing is for certain, it doesn't matter what decade it is, white people cannot dance.

 

[KevinK]

"One Toke Over the Line" .......

That must have meant something different back then, right?

It meant what you think it means. Apparently Welk and the singers had no idea what a "toke" was.

To this day, I cannot get through this entire video to the end.

 

[Willie T]

It meant what you think it means. Apparently Welk and the singers had no idea what a "toke" was.

To this day, I cannot get through this entire video to the end.

If they were average people, I might agree with you. But I doubt there's a musician alive who didn't know, very well, what that song was about. Now, Wlek, himself, maybe.

 

[Willie T]

Jesse, there's a branch of everyone's family you just don't talk about.

Leaving that behind.... WAY behind, probably because of my German heritage, this kind of happy playing has always been near the top for me. For 12 years, my wife and I worked no less than 2 Oktober Fests a year.
Yes the umbrellas, the little duckling line, and the trumpets in the crowd, not to mention a proliferation of female musicians, has always been a hallmark of German and Austrian festival orchestras.

And this song almost always wraps up the night. Notice the drinks in their hands. Germans don't do ANYTHING without a beer (or stronger) very close at hand.

 

[Willie T]

Wait, are you related to this guy? He has a good voice.

The Lawrence Welk show? That I have never heard of. Did they always match their outfit to the piano? lol

I don't know much about piano player, but she's pretty fast!

That's only about half-speed for her. Open that video up to YouTube, and check out some of the other songs she burns up the 88's with. Chopsticks Boogie and Sheik of Araiby (sp) are hot numbers.

 

[Jesse]

It meant what you think it means. Apparently Welk and the singers had no idea what a "toke" was.

To this day, I cannot get through this entire video to the end.

That song might make a come back then, especially in those states that have legalized marijuana. haha

 

[Jesse]

Jesse, there's a branch of everyone's family you just don't talk about.

Leaving that behind.... WAY behind, probably because of my German heritage, this kind of happy playing has always been near the top for me. For 12 years, my wife and I worked no less than 2 Oktober Fests a year.
Yes the umbrellas, the little duckling line, and the trumpets in the crowd, not to mention a proliferation of female musicians, has always been a hallmark of German and Austrian festival orchestras.

And this song almost always wraps up the night. Notice the drinks in their hands. Germans don't do ANYTHING without a beer (or stronger) very close at hand.

Why would you not want to talk about it? He's a famous singing relative, right?

Pretty good trumpet playing! Never been to one of the festivals, but they look like a good time!

 

[Willie T]

I thought this was shot at a little festival just a few miles South of us... but I was wrong. This gal is good!