Eli Maniscalco - vocals, upright acoustic double string contrabass violin
Russ Dembin - vocals, guitar, banjo, kazoo
"Move (A Talking Blues)," from Eli's performance at the Yippie Museum on February 9, 2008, features Russ on banjo and vocals, Eli on guitar and vocals, Justin Goldner on fretless bass, Jeff Young on violin, and Jason Maniscalco on percussion
Influences
The Smothers Brothers, Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman, They Might Be Giants, Neil Innes, Simon & Garfunkel, The Weavers, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, The Limeliters, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Monty Python, The Marx Brothers, Woody Allen
Sounds Like
Trout Fishing in America, The Smothers Brothers, Flight of the Conchords, and Simon & Garfunkel
Russ Dembin and Eli Maniscalco have been performing as a comedy and folk music duo since 2003. The two met in high school and discovered a mutual enjoyment of music and comedy. Their debut performance was in a school talent show, singing Istanbul (Not Constantinople) with Eli playing the double bass and Russ playing the guitar. Soon afterward, they began calling the duo Russ & Eli, learning more songs, and writing their own material. Russ & Eli's recording of Prof Walter F. Smith's "The Snell's Law Song" is featured on physicssongs.org, and they are internationally famous in Scotland.
Russ Dembin, a lover of comedic, folk, older rock music, as well as various other genres, enjoys composing parodies in addition to writing his own comic songs. Russ is an award-winning actor and is known for his impressions and talent as a dialectician; he plays guitar and banjo and dabbles in other stringed instruments as well. Russ Dembin on MySpace
Hey You! Long time since we heard from you! Well our Ep "Can't Bury Waves" is out now on Itunes, worldwide. So go get it right now, right here .. Just whanted you to know=] hope all is well. Greetings Escaping Autumn
Howdy Russ & Eli! I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for taking the time to accept us as your friend, and listening to our music. We appreciate the gesture and are grateful that you enjoyed our tunes enough to add us to your community of friends. After all, having people connect with our music is why we do this. I hope you'll come by often to say hello and let us know what's happening with you, and when you have a spare moment, please visit our brand new webpage at www. crosstimbersbluegrass. com there you can listen to more of our music and find out more about us. Feel free to sign the guestbook! (And if you have any ideas about how we could improve the webpage, be sure to let us know)
All my best and thank you again, Matt (the bass player) Cross Timbers
Hi, I wanted to thank you for helping me reach the final stage of the ZigZag live competition. Thanks to your support, the CMJ slot looks closer then ever.
To win, I need your vote one last time. Please check my profile and see the flyer, it has all the instructions + the link for voting. You can also click here to get directly to the link.
We would love to entertain you this Tuesday at cafe Wha?!
I know it seems like a question but really its a show. For you. For Fun. For Earthday!
7PM, Cafe Wha? 115 MacDougal Street. $10.
www. leftonredmusic. com for more info.
A 4 mix track with an uplifting spanish guitar, deep and sexy vibe that will reach every listener.
Released December 2007
Review:
SammyRock aka Soul Oasis from Cyberjamz Radio: "...a wonderful single by Dual ll. Armed with 4 mixes, this deephouse track (Radio Version) is enough to make your dancefloor go into a frenzy. Can't wait to get the other mixes..."
SAT DEC 8th- CABALOOSAS...NCM's cd listening party w/The Distraction, Tiger Piss, The Buddha Heroes, and Grrrlfriend( from Brooklyn)
FRI DEC 14th-COUSIN LARRY's...NCM's cd listening party w/Tiger Piss and The Misfits Cover Tribute "The Missed Shits
Check out the latest songs off our new album "Escape From Myopia"...starting from the beginning, a new track from "escape from myopia" will be played every other day...starting 12/5
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