In late 60’s San Francisco, there was a group of hairy men who took too many drugs and didn’t like to rehearse.
In the 80’s, there was a hairy man who took too many drugs and loved to rehearse.
Oh, shit, I didn’t know this was on YouTube. Watch “the negro singer Jimmy Brown” save Boston.
And now watch Mr. Brown’s show in its entirety. WGBH in the house, y’all!
Hey, if you wanna watch racist tits, at least watch talented racist tits. One of TotD’s favorite films of all time, Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy.
Omg I love topsy turvy! Big g and s nerd. Can’t think of the dead connection though ..
There is always a connection . . . Here is one, I bet there are others . . .
Once asked by The Associated Press who his influences were, Hunter laughed and replied that, “just to throw people off,” he would often cite both the great 19th century theatrical songwriting team of Gilbert and Sullivan and the American folk music balladeer Woody Guthrie. After a moment’s reflection, he added more seriously, “Actually, that’s pretty close to the truth.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/09/24/robert-hunter-grateful-deads-poetic-lyricist-dead/%3foutputType=amp
Or, more tenuously . . . .
After 30 years, WOMR radio host Brad Moore is switching up his oysters. His long-running show, “The Psychedelic Oyster,” featuring recordings of The Grateful Dead every other Monday at 9 p.m., will be replaced with a new show, “The Whistling Oyster,” which is something altogether different. In place of the Dead, Moore will now be playing historic D’Oyly Carte Opera Company recordings of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, from “The Pirates of Penzance” to “The Mikado.” The new show premieres at noon on Sunday, June 3, and will return once a month.
https://wellfleet.wickedlocal.com/entertainment/20180602/moore-goes-topsy-turvy-for-gilbert-amp-sullivan
I hope you got to see the very short clip of the band in that “The Cockettes” video before it was pulled?