Chasin' Rainbows

by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders, Robert Crumb, The Cheap Suit Serenaders

Overview

The underground cartoonist's side project of a group of 78 fellow enthusiasts playing in a small 1920s-styled string band had legs enough to spawn this intriguing follow-up. Sounding like better-recorded versions of the 78s that the group so highly cherishes, there's a stark simplicity to these recordings that makes them all the more effective. With their shared vocals, cracked harmonies, and simply played accompaniment (Robert Armstrong's saw solo on the title track is a marvelous example of their musicality and offbeat humor), this is old-timey music played with some real enthusiasm and great energy. Lots of fun and well worth checking out. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	04/22/1993
Label:	Shanachie
UPC:	0016351600226
Rank:	43079

Tracks

1. Alabama Jubilee
2. Chasin' Rainbows
3. Fine Artiste Blues
4. Hula Medley
5. I Want a Little Girl
6. Persian Rug
7. Mysterious Mose
8. Crying My Blues Away
9. She Lived Down by the Firehouse
10. Diane
11. Make My Cot Where the Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows
12. Moana March

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Crumb   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
The Cheap Suit Serenaders   Primary Artist
R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders   Primary Artist
Tom Marion   Banjo,Guitar,Mandolin
Terry Zwigoff   Cello
Irene Herrmann   Bells
Robert Armstrong   Banjo,Guitar,Vocals,Accordion,Musical Saw
Allan Dodge   Violin,Vocals,Ukulele,Mandolin

Technical Credits

Wynn Miller   Composer
Ray Doll   Composer
Jack Yellen   Composer
Dallas String Band   Composer
Walter Doyle   Composer
Neil Moret   Composer
Erno Rapee   Composer
George L. Cobb   Composer
Robert Crumb   Composer
Mike Mosiello   Composer
Jack LeSoir   Composer
Sol Klein   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Lew Pollack   Composer
Murray Mencher   Composer
Robert Armstrong   Composer