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Meet The Two Man Gentlemen Band: The Two Man Gentlemen Band, the irrepressible duo of Andy Bean & The Councilman, is garnering quite a reputation for being among New York City's finest street performers. Their marathon musical outings on Central Park's Literary Walk have gathered such sizeable crowds that park officials and police have been forced to interrupt The Gentlemen's show on more than one occasion. Passersby are drawn in by the visual spectacle of the duo's old-fashioned suits and hats and the home-made kazoo racks (fashioned from wire coat hangers) that dangle around their necks. But the real attraction is The Gentlemen's songs. Performing with banjo, upright bass, and kazoos, The Gentlemen sing dozens of original tunes in a style that more than one reviewer has called "goodtime music." Their tight vocal harmonies, upbeat tempos, energetic delivery, & uproarious lyrics have caused some park-goers to sit and listen to The Two Man Gentlemen Band for hours. The Gentlemen now bring their show to the stage, packing all the energy of their five-hour park outings into one 45 minute set! A stage performance by The Two Man Gentlemen Band is a lively, interactive afair, beginning with the distribution of complimentary kazoos to all attendees. Audience members are encouraged to kazoo-along at will during the show, and they do with vigor. The sound of fifty kazoos buzzing is not to be missed! Combine this with The Gentlemen's fondness for rowdy sing-alongs (Example, Gentlemen: Corn Liquor! Audience: Goddamn!) and their tendency to call audience members on stage to dance with them and you have a show that Time Out New York rightly says "can get mighty raucous." The Two Man Gentlemen Band released their debut, self-titled LP in July 2005 on Serious Business Records. Of The Gentlemen, Nice People Have Said... "The Two Man Gentlemen Band has put something special together on their self titled release. The album, which is out now on Serious Business Records, strikes of everything from Vaudeville to Woody Guthrie. A mixture of clever lyrics and toe tapping melodies that leaves one feeling the need for more. The album starts off with a barrage of harmonic banjo strumming melodies. Just take a look at the first three songs; You've got 'Queens County' which is basically an ode to a girl in the form of a hootenanny. 'The Fever' which is a little ditty sung of those springtime urges. It's one of those songs you'll sit back and find yourself driving the extra mile just to listen to it. The thing I love about this album is the way these songs hit you on so many levels. This song is a perfect example of that. You have the musical aspect of it, and then once you start listening to the groove of it, you find yourself catching the lyrics... and the whole experience changes. It all just blends together so well that it makes you have a good time while listening to it. 'Shotgun Wedding,' might just be my personal favorite on the album. Let's start with the lyrics on this one. "... Girl you know this wasn't my intention, I never learned about no, birth prevention... but it'll be alright, when I'm a husband and your a wife." I feel like I can't give too much away on the lyrics as it would be like revealing the punch line of someone's joke. It's lively, it's funny, and they play kazoos on it. What more could you ask for. The album swings on through it's banjo picking cleverness that seems to strike all that right chords with me. They even managed to throw in a grand version of "In The Shadow Of The Pines." The backend of the disc is filled with the same driving melodies with songs like, 'That Brutal Day' and 'In The Days Of Twenty and One.' This album certainly stands out among anything I've heard in recent memory. It also makes for perfect traveling music, all of it. The Two Man Gentlemen Band are a revival of 'goodtime' music. They bring together so many different influences and sounds on this record that's it just simply a work of art." - Anthony Mores, FolkItUp.net "The Two Man Gentlemen Band does old-timey country-folk that can get mighty raucous" - Time Out New York "These two hard-working young men are harkening back to the old-time heyday of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers and Fiddlin' John Carson with their irreverent musical tales of the liquored-up side of life." - Matt Winters, The Moonshine Show, WKCR-FM, New York "These boys know how to compose originals that sound like they're only missing the crackle from the vinyl 45." - J-Sin, Smother.net "The Two Man Gentlemen Band is an amazing duo that performs demented dixieland while wearing season-inappropriate suits. One of them happens to look much like Jefferson on the nickel. Highly entertaining, low volume fun." - FreeNYC.net Check out the artist's website: http://www.two-man-gentlemen-band.com Track List: 1. Queens County 2. The Fever 3. Shotgun Wedding 4. Fishin' 5. I've Been Drinking 6. In the Shadow of the Pines 7. Hat Fight! 8. Corn Liquor 9. That Brutal Day 10. Hind Quarters 11. In the Days of Twenty and One 12. Lousy Attitude 13. Slow, Jesus Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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