2010-2011 Season
White Ghost Shivers
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Authentic Ragtime, Cabaret & Hot Jazz Band
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If Tim Burton had collaborated with the Cohen Brothers
in creating the musical characters in O' Brother Where Art Thou? they
might resemble something similar to the White Ghost Shivers.
A joyous mixture of the absurd and sublime, the eight-piece ensemble
gracefully creates a musical amalgam of Hokum Blues, Hillbilly Swing,
Country and Hot Jazz. Simultaneously paying respects to their deft
musical influences and irreverently destroying any notion of musical
purism, they work hard at making it seem easy.
In just a few years, the band's unique and consistently exuberant live
show has earned them an ever-expanding loyal fan base. Imagine a
smorgasbord of Cab Calloway, circus sideshow, KISS, cabaret, Hee Haw and
Robert Johnson served up at Andy Kaufman's bat-mitzvah. Like the great
entertainers before them, the band's true gift is their ability to take
their eclectic influences and combine them into something they can call
their own.
The White Ghost Shivers are:
CURTAINS - Vocal, Violin, tenor banjo, lunacy.
MA POPPITT - String Bass, background vox, chillin.
SMOKEBREAK SLEMENDA - Vocals, lead guitar, chain
smoking.
CELLA BLUE - Vocals, fun havin', dancing, skirt
lifting.
SHORTY BORGASM - Vocals, tenor banjo, ukuleles, guitar,
mandolin, kazoo, nose flute, baritone horn, tap dancing, antics.
SATURN - Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Ukuleles, Jug, The Clap,
Ass Kicking.