| CHANCE wrote on Tue, 31 July 2007 13:16 |
| J.J. Blair wrote on Mon, 30 July 2007 12:33 |
Martin is also a very talented musician.
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Never knew that. What is his instrument? Any credits?
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One of my favorites. Pretty decent guitarist. I have "Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture--Live In Your Living Room." Classic tracks, "How Could I Not Miss A Girl Your Size"
"Dueling Tubas" (trombone and tuba doing Dueling Banjos) and my favorite, "2001 Polka." He goes on a long monologue about the audience trying to guess his musical influences (Carpenters) and how he and the other musicians were particularly intrigued about a new collection of songs that had come in at the music store. 2001 Polkas. "I'd like to play the title tune from that book." And they play "Also Sprach Zarathustra" with tuba playing the trumpet part. Then it breaks into a polka version.
His routine on the blues was priceless. He described learning the blues from his grandaddy on the delta of Lake Erie. Rich white people have the blues, too, he says. Just a better class of blues.
Woke up this mornin', both cars were gone;
Woke up this mornin', both cars were gone;
I felt so bad, I threw my drink across the lawn
Titles of his records were pretty funny--Sex and Violins, Days of Wine and Neuroses is another in my collection. If you look carefully, he's on the cover playing slide guitar with a big vibrator. That came from another of his classic bits:
You kids are always talking about rock'n'roll, love and good vibrations--I figured out a way to bring all three together...
I know you're old enough to remember Fernwood 2Nite. He occasionally played and sung on it.
