One Foot In the Grave
The Eight Balls
“A Musical Essay on Dixieland Jazz”
Lemco #7701
These guys were members of the Oleika Shrine Temple in Lexington, Kentucky.
From the Back Cover:
“Harking back to the beginnings of Jazz, the group adopted the Jazz funeral theme, traveling in a hearse and carrying their instruments in a casket. The hearse stops at some public place where the Eight Balls, formally dressed as undertakers, remove the casket and carry it into the lobby with dignified mien. After a brief ceremony, the casket is opened and the instruments come out, marking the start of another performance of Dixieland music.”
February 16th, 2013 at 1:16 pm
By the Way, the new Webadress of Oleika Shrine Temple is http://www.oleikashrine.org/
June 15th, 2011 at 6:04 am
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
November 17th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Judging by the vintage of this LP, I suspect every one of these guys is spending time in a coffin these days.
September 16th, 2010 at 3:13 pm
According to my calculations, those gentlemen have one ball each.