C'est amusant de saluer de France quelqu'un dont le grand père était un ami de Spike Jones.C'est un peu comme si je saluais l'artiste à travers le temps et l'espace.Ces musiciens étaient prodigieux.Bien à vous.
What a great combination !! Now I am surprised I never saw a combination of tap-dancing and playing any instrument. This was a feast for eyes and ears.
Zappa was a Jones subproduct. Spike died Young (53 y.o.) but he was in activity from the 30's to the 60's. Bye the way, the tap dancing guy was Jimmy Day.
Or whatever the 40s precursor to methamphetamine was. Loads of caffeine, I suppose. Too much talent there for one stage. I will now watch this a dozen more times.
@@101Volts Dude, wow. They have a video of him from 1930 and Teddy Brown was INSANE. I had no idea that there were xylophone players like that in the early twentieth century, thanks for the tip!
This seems like entertainment for today's A.D.D. crowd. Busy music, crazy xylophone playing and dancing all from the same dude and all at a fevered pace!
Real entertainment from real talent, though way before my time... I once worked for a band named Starbuck, who had a marimba player who also tap-danced. Bo Wagner started dancing at age 5 on the Mickey Mouse Show...
Just watched a Teddy Jones video. My first thought was, "Yeah, but can he whistle while doing all of that?" But seriously, the amazing things one can do with enough coordination and grueling years of practice.
These were the days when real men had talent, and talent had real merit. This guy is awsome...even before he began to tap dance.
When men were men, women were women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri .
Couldn't agree more
My grandfather and Spike Jones were childhood friends. 😎
C'est amusant de saluer de France quelqu'un dont le grand père était un ami de Spike Jones.C'est un peu comme si je saluais l'artiste à travers le temps et l'espace.Ces musiciens étaient prodigieux.Bien à vous.
That is so cool!
@@patrickgauthier5535 m9😅
The chops here with not just the mallet guy but the whole ensemble is just monster. Wow.
What a great combination !! Now I am surprised I never saw a combination of tap-dancing and playing any instrument.
This was a feast for eyes and ears.
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@@CharlieBryant - Wow, a true one-man band.
That was heart opening. Watch him smile, watch him dance...
This entire set is bad ass
My dad loved playing the records, when we were kids!!
Spike always was the best dressed man in Hollywood!
I could not agree more!
Spike Jones: The Frank Zappa of the 1940's . Brilliant.
Oh, how I missed them....
Zappa was a Jones subproduct. Spike died Young (53 y.o.) but he was in activity from the 30's to the 60's. Bye the way, the tap dancing guy was Jimmy Day.
@@donmaikurosawa1500 Jimmy VEY. Jimmy Day played steel guitar - and not with Spike Jones.
Wow! THAT takes both talent AND concentration (not to mention hours of practice).
Or whatever the 40s precursor to methamphetamine was. Loads of caffeine, I suppose. Too much talent there for one stage. I will now watch this a dozen more times.
That xylophone playing was jaw-dropping...
Marimba.
@@augustomarchand It says 'xylophone' in the title. That instrument is not large or resonant enough to be a marimba. Wrong timbre, as well.
You might want to check out Teddy Brown, too. The Xylophone can be taken much farther than I had ever imagined before I first saw Teddy...
@@101Volts Dude, wow. They have a video of him from 1930 and Teddy Brown was INSANE. I had no idea that there were xylophone players like that in the early twentieth century, thanks for the tip!
Talent on Tap!
Great talented men who really gave it their all!
another world - innocent and wondefrul
This seems like entertainment for today's A.D.D. crowd. Busy music, crazy xylophone playing and dancing all from the same dude and all at a fevered pace!
The reality is people don't really change, just the technology. Spectacle is spectacle and people have always been suckers for it.
THE WOODY BEING PLAYED VERY WELL FOR A GENIOUS MUSICIAN
Really cool combination of musical skills!
Thanks for putting this up, it was extraordinary!!
Just to be accurate, that is a rosewood xylophone. With sparklies on it. 🙂
Liberace of the percussion world...just needs a bracket for the candelabra to fit on!
@@KarlSheen I wish my brother George were here.
Ah, the days when entertainers actually entertained. Great!
such a good performance, almost made me choke up as much as he is on that left hand mallet
Grande filmato grezie per averlo pubblicato
Real entertainment from real talent, though way before my time...
I once worked for a band named Starbuck, who had a marimba player who also tap-danced. Bo Wagner started dancing at age 5 on the Mickey Mouse Show...
WHAT A STAR!!
Now that’s talent!
Wonderful! ♥️
I'm not sure if it's just for the show, but these guys look like they're really enjoying themselves. Now what do we have?
That's Sammy Davis Jr.-level talent. Remarkable.
Just watched a Teddy Jones video.
My first thought was, "Yeah, but can he whistle while doing all of that?"
But seriously, the amazing things one can do with enough coordination and grueling years of practice.
The Xylophone is such a zany Instrument!!
THE OG SPIKE JONES!
This is when entertainers were actually talented. You had to be on top of your game to make it like this.
that's a nice beat.
Insane!
from northeast uk 47 Love this
As goofy as Spike and his band seemed, every member was a top-flight musician.
They were pros!
In-credible
this can't be from the 40's, it must be somewhere around the 50's. he had this same place in another performance in the 50's.
Whoa! Not bad.
0:16 the start :]
Ah si j avais un franc cinquante, j aurai bientôt 2 franc cinquante...
Dear fuhrers face
What is the name of the xylophone player?!
Jimmy Vey
🙉
I can´t imagin "around 1940/1950". It must be from an early TV-show from about the mid to late 50s.
Where have you got it from?
EARLY '50's TV show
He had a show on LA’s KNBH (now KNBC) so kinescope may have been for other NBC stations. Not sure if show was on full network.
What's the xylophonist name?
Jimmy Vey
inb4 george collier
i hope he transcribes the shoe taps too
It's more marimba
No computers
this shit is the creeeereepiest.
Xylophone and tapdancing? Life must be really tough for you?
@@irahenderson7840 has its moments.