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Intro - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
The Goofers
Live in the Landmark's Nifty Nook Lounge Las Vegas
(1977)
The Goofers were comprised of five Italians, all ex-members of Louis Prima's band. Through years of going through the motions of the usual lounge shtick, they would separate themselves from other Vegas acts by playing their instruments on pogo sticks, or on trampolines, or upside down (as pictured here.)
A lot of the repertoire are lively swinging big band material, I'm sure the kind of stuff they did for Prima... as I'm sure the Italian accent put-on for this Tony Orlando cover is something they probably would have done in their Prima act as well.
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