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45593464 | Play | I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) | 03:19 Tools | |
45593463 | Play | I Like Bananas, Because They Have No Bones | 00:00 Tools | |
45593466 | Play | Sioux City Sue | 00:00 Tools | |
45593465 | Play | I like Bananas because they have no bones | 00:00 Tools | |
45593467 | Play | Like A Monkey Likes Cocoanuts | 00:00 Tools | |
45593468 | Play | Everybody Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
45593469 | Play | From The Indies To The Andies In His Undies (78rpm Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
45593470 | Play | Connie's Got Connections In Connecticut | 00:00 Tools | |
45593471 | Play | San | 00:00 Tools | |
45593473 | Play | Rural Rhythm | 00:00 Tools | |
45593472 | Play | If It Helps Win The War | 00:00 Tools | |
45593477 | Play | My Bonnie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593474 | Play | Sweet Sue | 00:00 Tools | |
45593476 | Play | From The Indies To The Andies In His Undies | 00:00 Tools | |
45593475 | Play | Goofus | 00:00 Tools | |
45593478 | Play | I Just Wanna Play With You | 00:00 Tools | |
45593479 | Play | She's Got A Great Big Army Of Friends | 00:00 Tools | |
45593480 | Play | What Is So Rare | 00:00 Tools | |
45593481 | Play | Dude Cowboy | 00:00 Tools | |
45593483 | Play | Noah's Wife | 00:00 Tools | |
45593484 | Play | One-Eyed Sam | 00:00 Tools | |
45593482 | Play | 'Tain't Nobody's Business What I Do | 00:00 Tools | |
45593486 | Play | Bow-Wow Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
45593485 | Play | Toot Toot Tootsie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593487 | Play | I Like Bananas | 00:00 Tools | |
45593492 | Play | I Like Mountain Music | 00:00 Tools | |
45593488 | Play | Hoosier Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
45593489 | Play | Moving Day In Jungle Town | 00:00 Tools | |
45593495 | Play | I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate | 00:00 Tools | |
45593491 | Play | Connies Got Connections In Connecticut | 00:00 Tools | |
45593490 | Play | That's Where I Meet My Gal | 00:00 Tools | |
45593493 | Play | The Girl Friend Of The Whirling Dervish | 00:00 Tools | |
45593494 | Play | Down In The Valley | 00:00 Tools | |
45593497 | Play | Oakville Twister | 00:00 Tools | |
45593498 | Play | Hot Lips | 00:00 Tools | |
45593496 | Play | Divorce Me C.O.D. | 00:00 Tools | |
45593501 | Play | Take Me Out To The Ball Game | 00:00 Tools | |
45593500 | Play | Diga Diga Do | 00:00 Tools | |
45593505 | Play | Red Hot Fannie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593504 | Play | Meet Me By The Ice House Lizzie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593499 | Play | Hound Dog | 00:00 Tools | |
45593502 | Play | He'd Have To Get Under Get Out And Get Under | 00:00 Tools | |
45593507 | Play | It Ain't Nobody's Biz'ness What I Do | 00:00 Tools | |
45593503 | Play | Is It True What They Say About Dixie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593511 | Play | Who's Sorry Now | 00:00 Tools | |
45593506 | Play | Moving Day In Jungletown | 00:00 Tools | |
45593513 | Play | Back In Indiana | 00:00 Tools | |
45593515 | Play | Black Eyed Susan Brown | 00:00 Tools | |
45593510 | Play | The Band Played On | 00:00 Tools | |
45593509 | Play | Shake Your Dogs | 00:00 Tools | |
45593508 | Play | Put On Your Old Red Flannels | 00:00 Tools | |
45593514 | Play | I'm Looking For A Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
45593512 | Play | The Coat And Pants Do All The Work | 00:00 Tools | |
45593517 | Play | Whistlin' Joe From Kokomo | 00:00 Tools | |
45593516 | Play | Moving in Jungletown [Alternate Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
45593518 | Play | Are You Havin' Any Fun | 00:00 Tools | |
45593530 | Play | She Broke My Heart In Three Places | 00:00 Tools | |
90045190 | Play | Skeleton Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
45593520 | Play | When You Wore A Tulip | 00:00 Tools | |
45593519 | Play | He's A Hillbilly Gaucho | 00:00 Tools | |
45593531 | Play | BREEZIN' ALONG WITH THE BREEZE | 00:00 Tools | |
45593521 | Play | Everybody Loves My Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
45593523 | Play | Willie Willie Will Ya | 00:00 Tools | |
45593522 | Play | I've Got A Bimbo Down On Bamboo Isle | 00:00 Tools | |
45593524 | Play | My Blue Heaven | 00:00 Tools | |
45593532 | Play | You're Driving Me Crazy | 00:00 Tools | |
45593526 | Play | Way Down In Arkansas | 00:00 Tools | |
45593529 | Play | Cuddle Up A Little Closer | 00:00 Tools | |
45593547 | Play | She Was A Washout In The Blackout | 00:00 Tools | |
45593527 | Play | Swing Little Indians Swing | 00:00 Tools | |
45593525 | Play | Avalon | 00:00 Tools | |
45593538 | Play | Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) | 00:00 Tools | |
45593536 | Play | Farmer Gray | 00:00 Tools | |
45593537 | Play | WAH-HOO | 00:00 Tools | |
45593539 | Play | The Guy Who Stole My Wife | 00:00 Tools | |
45593533 | Play | Beer Barrel Polka | 00:00 Tools | |
45593528 | Play | THERE'S NO ROMANCE IN YOUR SOUL | 00:00 Tools | |
45593534 | Play | Jingle Bells | 00:00 Tools | |
45593535 | Play | St Louis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
45593545 | Play | Swanee | 00:00 Tools | |
45593542 | Play | Bye Bye Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
45593540 | Play | They Go Simply Wild Over Me | 00:00 Tools | |
45593544 | Play | Ha-Cha-Na | 00:00 Tools | |
45593546 | Play | Ain't She Sweet | 00:00 Tools | |
45593550 | Play | The Coat And The Pants Do All The Work | 00:00 Tools | |
45593554 | Play | Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) | 00:00 Tools | |
45593541 | Play | That's What I Learned In College | 00:00 Tools | |
45593553 | Play | I'll Soon Be Rolling Home | 00:00 Tools | |
45593543 | Play | Running Wild | 00:00 Tools | |
45593555 | Play | Them Hill-Billies Are Mountain Williams Now | 00:00 Tools | |
45593548 | Play | Pretty Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
45593549 | Play | Farewell Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
45593551 | Play | That's Where I Meet My Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
45593576 | Play | Oh By Jingo | 00:00 Tools | |
45593560 | Play | The Coat and Pants Do All the Work and the Vest Gets All the Gravy | 00:00 Tools | |
45593556 | Play | Hold 'Er Ebner | 00:00 Tools | |
45593562 | Play | Look On The Bright Side | 00:00 Tools | |
45593563 | Play | Margie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593557 | Play | Pick That Bass | 00:00 Tools | |
45593552 | Play | 'Taint Nobody's Business What I Do | 00:00 Tools | |
45593567 | Play | Down Home Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
45593571 | Play | Big Noise From Kokomo | 00:00 Tools | |
45593564 | Play | Wabash Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
45593565 | Play | It's A Lonely Trail | 00:00 Tools | |
45593573 | Play | No No Nora | 00:00 Tools | |
45593570 | Play | The Pants My Pappy Gave To Me | 00:00 Tools | |
45593568 | Play | I Want A Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
45593566 | Play | Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia | 00:00 Tools | |
45593574 | Play | Sam The College Leader Man | 00:00 Tools | |
45593572 | Play | The Kitten With The Big Green Eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
45593559 | Play | Someday | 00:00 Tools | |
45593561 | Play | When Lightnin' Struck The Coon Creek Party | 00:00 Tools | |
45593579 | Play | Meet Me In The Cow Shed | 00:00 Tools | |
45593582 | Play | The Girl Friend Of The Whirlin' Dervish | 00:00 Tools | |
45593569 | Play | With A Twist Of The Wrist | 00:00 Tools | |
45593588 | Play | Skeede-Waddle-Dee-Waddle-Do | 00:00 Tools | |
45593583 | Play | Shirley | 00:00 Tools | |
45593595 | Play | Keep An Eye On Your Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
45593592 | Play | Sweet Sue Just You | 00:00 Tools | |
45593622 | Play | The Man with The Whiskers | 00:00 Tools | |
45593580 | Play | Swinging With Dora | 00:00 Tools | |
45593575 | Play | Beatrix Fairfax Tell Me What To Do | 00:00 Tools | |
45593581 | Play | How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm | 00:00 Tools | |
45593584 | Play | You Said Something When You Said Dixie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593585 | Play | In An Old Dutch Garden (By An Old Dutch Mill) | 00:00 Tools | |
45593589 | Play | The Sheik Of Araby | 00:00 Tools | |
45593590 | Play | Since We Put The Radio In The Henhouse | 00:00 Tools | |
45593607 | Play | Wah-Hoo! | 00:00 Tools | |
45593586 | Play | Ma She's Making Eyes At Me | 00:00 Tools | |
45593578 | Play | No More | 00:00 Tools | |
45593596 | Play | O-Hi-O | 00:00 Tools | |
45593605 | Play | Some Days You Can't Make A Nickel | 00:00 Tools | |
45593602 | Play | Is It True What They Say About Dixie? | 00:00 Tools | |
45593598 | Play | The Musket Came Down From The Door | 00:00 Tools | |
45593599 | Play | There's A Tear In My Beer Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
45593577 | Play | Sweet Georgia Brown | 00:00 Tools | |
45593611 | Play | You Two Timed Me Once Too Often | 00:00 Tools | |
45593587 | Play | COAT AND PANTS DO ALL THE WORK | 00:00 Tools | |
45593613 | Play | The Flat Foot Floogie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593626 | Play | From The Indies To The Andies In His Undies - 78rpm Version | 00:00 Tools | |
45593612 | Play | When There's A Tear In The Eyes Of A Potato | 00:00 Tools | |
88392670 | Play | Toot, Toot, Tootsie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593608 | Play | When Johnny Brings Lelahani Home | 00:00 Tools | |
45593593 | Play | You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do) | 00:00 Tools | |
45593594 | Play | From The Indies To The Andes I | 00:00 Tools | |
45593600 | Play | Galaxy News Radio | 00:00 Tools | |
45593606 | Play | NO ROMANCE IN YOUR SOUL | 00:00 Tools | |
45593601 | Play | Washboard Stomp | 00:00 Tools | |
45593603 | Play | I Like Bananas, Because They Have No Bones [1935] | 00:00 Tools | |
88392671 | Play | Ida | 00:00 Tools | |
45593597 | Play | Mister Sandman | 00:00 Tools | |
45593614 | Play | This Is The Chorus | 00:00 Tools | |
45593627 | Play | Meet Me Tonight In The Cow Shed | 00:00 Tools | |
45593634 | Play | Since We Put The Radio Out In The Henhouse | 00:00 Tools | |
45593610 | Play | From The Indies To The Andies In His... | 00:00 Tools | |
45593636 | Play | Sweet Jennie Lee | 00:00 Tools | |
45593617 | Play | I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) (1935) | 00:00 Tools | |
45593609 | Play | The Girlfriend Of The Whirling Dervish | 00:00 Tools | |
88392678 | Play | When You Wore A Tulip, And I Wore A Big Red Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
45593641 | Play | Nobody's Sweetheart | 00:00 Tools | |
88392672 | Play | Tiger Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
90045191 | Play | Mr Sandman | 00:00 Tools | |
45593615 | Play | Ever So Quiet | 00:00 Tools | |
45593633 | Play | Meet Me By the Icehouse, Lizzie | 00:00 Tools | |
88392683 | Play | My Wife Is on a Diet | 00:00 Tools | |
45593629 | Play | Are You Havin' Any Fun? | 00:00 Tools | |
45593643 | Play | The Martins and the Coys | 00:00 Tools | |
88392673 | Play | meet me by the ice-house lizzie | 00:00 Tools | |
88392675 | Play | THEM HILLBILLIES ARE MOUNTAIN WILLIES NOW | 00:00 Tools | |
45593621 | Play | Sweet Sue, Just You | 00:00 Tools | |
45593620 | Play | Virginia Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
88392676 | Play | St. Louis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
45593623 | Play | SOME DAYS YOU CAN'T MAKE A DIME | 00:00 Tools | |
90045192 | Play | Texas Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
45593625 | Play | Hillbillies are Mountain Willies now | 00:00 Tools | |
88392679 | Play | Windmill Tillie | 00:00 Tools | |
90045193 | Play | My Little Bimbo Down on the Bamboo Isle | 00:00 Tools | |
45593628 | Play | MT BLUE HEAVEN | 00:00 Tools | |
88392686 | Play | (Back Home Again in) Indiana | 00:00 Tools | |
45593644 | Play | At the Darktown Strutters' Ball | 00:00 Tools | |
45593618 | Play | Heartaches | 00:00 Tools | |
90045194 | Play | You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?) | 00:00 Tools | |
88392674 | Play | Annabelle | 00:00 Tools | |
45593637 | Play | She Broke My Heart in Three Places 1944 | 00:00 Tools | |
45593630 | Play | WE LOVE BABANAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO BONES | 00:00 Tools | |
90045195 | Play | When Lightnin' Struck The Coon Creek Party Line | 00:00 Tools | |
90045196 | Play | What's The Good Word, Mr. Bluebird? | 00:00 Tools | |
45593631 | Play | IF IT HELPA WIN THE WAR | 00:00 Tools | |
90045197 | Play | The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along | 00:00 Tools | |
88392677 | Play | Wabash Charlston | 00:00 Tools | |
88392682 | Play | The Flat Foot Gloogie | 00:00 Tools | |
45593640 | Play | Meet Me By The Icehouse Lizzie | 00:00 Tools | |
88392684 | Play | Let's Not and Say We Did | 00:00 Tools | |
88392685 | Play | I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
88392680 | Play | Barn Dance Polka | 00:00 Tools | |
45593635 | Play | Fit as a Fiddle | 00:00 Tools | |
90045198 | Play | A Hot Dog, a Blanket and You | 00:00 Tools | |
90045199 | Play | You'd Be Surprised | 00:00 Tools | |
90045200 | Play | Down in Jungle Town | 00:00 Tools | |
45593638 | Play | I like bananas, because they have no | 00:00 Tools | |
45593645 | Play | Nobody's Sweetheart Now | 00:00 Tools | |
88392681 | Play | Divorce Me C.O.D | 00:00 Tools | |
45593639 | Play | I Like Banana's (because they have no bones) | 00:00 Tools | |
90045201 | Play | There'll Be Some Changes Made | 00:00 Tools | |
90045202 | Play | Toot Toot, Tootsie | 00:00 Tools | |
90045203 | Play | Since we put a radio out in the henhouse | 00:00 Tools | |
90045204 | Play | The Coat and the Pants Do All the Work (and the Vest Gets All the Gravy) | 00:00 Tools | |
90045205 | Play | How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree) | 00:00 Tools | |
45593642 | Play | We Love Bananas Because They Have No Bones | 00:00 Tools | |
90045206 | Play | What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry? | 00:00 Tools | |
88392687 | Play | She Broke My Heart In Three Pieces | 00:00 Tools |
The Hoosier Hot Shots were an American quartet of madcap musicians who entertained on stage, screen, radio, and records from the mid-1930s into the 1970s. The group initially consisted of players from the U. S. State of Indiana. Beginning on local Indiana radio in the early 1930s, the Hot Shots went on to a successful national radio career on National Barn Dance on WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois and a successful and prolific recording career, before moving to Hollywood to star in many feature-length western movies. The Hot Shots' core personnel were multi-instrumentalists, playing brass band instruments as well as their standard instrumentation of guitar (Ken), clarinet (Gabe), string bass (various), and a strange, homemade instrument known both as the "Wabash Washboard" and "the Zither," played by Hezzie. It consisted of a corrugated sheet metal washboard on a metal stand with various noisemakers attached, including bells and a multi-octave range of squeeze-type bicycle horns. Trietsch constructed this instrument himself as well as a series of slide whistles he played in addition to the washboard. The washboard, along with other artifacts from the band, is now in the collection of the Indiana State Museum. The Hot Shots' repertoire focused on swing and jazz standards and originals, especially those with a comedic element. Powered by a frantic and seemingly freewheeling instrumental virtuosity, grounded in the musical comedy of vaudeville, the Hot Shots were nevertheless able to cover both comic and more serious material, although some of their more serious recordings retain whimsical ornamental elements, capable of evoking a subtle musical irony. The lineup consisted of the following members: Ken Trietsch (September 13, 1903 - September 17, 1987) Hezzie Trietsch (born Paul Trietsch) (April 11, 1905 - April 20, 1980) Gabe Ward (born Charles Otto Ward) (November 26, 1904 - January 14, 1992) Frank Kettering (January 1, 1909 - June 9,1973) Gil Taylor (born Gilbert Ossian Taylor) Nate Harrison (born Nathan Harrison) (August 19, 1907 - August 10, 1995) Billy Keith Milheim The story of the Hoosier Hot Shots begins in the first years of the 20th century on the Trietsch family farm near Arcadia, Indiana, about 20 miles north of Indianapolis. The Trietsch family grew to be one of four girls and five boys, two of which—Kenneth and Paul—were to become the nucleus of the Hot Shots. Growing up in rural Indiana and aided by the example of a banjo-playing father, Kenneth, Paul and the other Trietsch children developed a keen interest in music and developed their various talents. An ensemble featuring father and sons toured the American and Canadian vaudeville circuit for several years. After the family act broke up, Ken and Paul went to work with another vaudeville group called Ezra Buzzington's Rube Band. It was while touring with the Rube Band that they met another Hoosier, Charles Otto Ward, known to his audiences as Gabriel Hawkins. "Gabe" became the third Hot Shot. When the crash of '29 effectively ended vaudeville they, like other vaudevillians, looked to radio and landed a job at WOWO in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. One day they arrived late for a performance and the announcer greeted them with "Hey, you Hoosier hot shots, get in here!", and the name stuck. [edit]Developing their style in Chicago In 1933 they moved to Chicago's WLS, the Prairie Farmer Station. Now Paul ("Hezzie", on his washboard), "Gabe" (on clarinet) and Ken (hot jazz chops on his tenor guitar) had the opportunity to develop the nutty style that would make them one of the nation's most popular acts. In the late 1930s, the group had a five-minute radio show on NBC sponsored by Alka-Seltzer; they also had a radio program for one season (1949-1950) on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Their music was characterized by novelty songs and arrangements – such as "I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)" and "From the Indies to the Andes in His Undies" – hot jazz rhythms and the occasional sweet harmonies. They also played the pop songs of the day, like "Nobody's Sweetheart." Ken kicked off the band with "Are you ready, Hezzie?"—directed at his brother Paul—and it became one of the band's big taglines, even entering the common vernacular. With the addition in 1934 of Frank Delaney Kettering on bass fiddle, the Hoosier Hot Shots became the quartet that they would remain until the 60s. [edit]Successful Recording and Film Career Over their career the Hoosier Hot Shots recorded hundreds of 78s for such labels as Banner, Conqueror, Decca, Melotone, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo, and Vocalion. Some of these releases have made it to LPs, cassettes, and compact discs. Recordings of songs made by the Hoosier Hot Shots often include the signature spoken (by Ken Trietsch) intro, "Are you ready, Hezzie?" followed by the sound of the bustle of the musicians preparing to play their instruments. However, the tightly-rehearsed skill of the performers lets the listener in on the joke as soon as the song actually begins. Their producer avoided recording too many takes of their performances, preferring a spontaneous sound: according to one member, the producer would record at most two takes of a particular song, and use the one that sounded worse. Between 1937 and 1950 the Hot Shots appeared in more than 20 movies, sharing billing with the likes of Gene Autry, Dale Evans, Bob Wills and Merle Travis. During the mid- to late 1940s they starred in their own series of musical westerns for Columbia Pictures. They were an ongoing presence in the early Billboard magazine country (hillbilly) charts with songs like "Beer Barrel Polka", "When There Are Tears In The Eyes Of The Potato", "Everybody Loves My Baby" and "O-Hi-O". The World War II era their popularity was at its peak and, in addition to their normal pursuits they toured with the USO in North Africa and Italy. Frank Kettering left in 1943, and replaced by singer-bassist Gil Taylor. They moved to the West Coast where they continued to make movies, records, stage, and radio appearances. They made the transition to television easily and were seen on such TV shows as the Tex Ritter "Ranch Party." The Hoosier Hot Shots' career was winding down by the late '50s but they continued recording (adding Keith Milheim on drums) and playing live venues until the death of Hezzie Trietsch on April 20, 1980. Gabe Ward continued to perform solo after the others had died or retired, until shortly before his own death on January 14, 1992. The Hoosier Hot Shots were not just a comical music act, they were the inspiration for a musical genre that thrived during the '30s, '40s and, thanks to latter-day proponents like "Weird Al" Yankovic and John Lithgow (who recorded a terrific cover of "From the Indies to the Andes in His Undies" as well as "I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones"), can still be heard today. Among the acts that were inspired by the Hot Shots were the Freddie Fisher's Schnickelfritz Band, the Korn Kobblers, and Spike Jones and His City Slickers. Spike Jones's early recordings were heavily influenced by the Hoosier Hot Shots. Both Jones and Fisher copied the "Wabash Washboard" developed by Ken Trietsch. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.