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Artist: Bumble Bees
Artist: Bumbling Loons
Artist: Bumble Bee Slim
Popular and prolific, Bumble Bee Slim parlayed a familiar but rudimentary style into one of the earliest flowerings of the Chicago style. Much of what he performed he adapted from the groundbreaking duo Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell -- Slim built on Carr's laconic, relaxed vocal style and Blackwell's guitar technique. During the mid-'30s,... [+] Read More
Artist: B. Bumble & the Stingers
Artist: Bumble B.H.E.
Artist: Bunsen Honeydew
Taking their name from the infamous Muppet scientist, Bunsen Honeydew brings out an array of trance rock and guitar pop that resulted in the reputation of being one of New York City's loudest bands. On top of their odd array of samples and theremin noises, comparisons to the likes of Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and the Flaming Lips... [+] Read More
Artist: The Emily Rock Group
Combining experimental guitar noises and an all around feel of gloomy pop is the Cleveland-based Emily Rock Group. With an added fuzz of distortion that looks up to My Bloody Valentine, Bumble Bear and Collectible Escalator Records released the band's debut album, entitled Pop and Fade, in 2001. ~ Mike DaRonco, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Fabu
Although singer/songwriter Amy Ubellhor has performed her brand of folk-pop through her native of New York City, her studio project under the moniker of Fabu has more of a gloomy, guitar-based feel. Without overstepping into the genre of goth, Bumble Bear Records eventually released Fabu's self-titled debut EP in 2000. ~ Mike DaRonco, All Music... [+] Read More
Artist: Capt. Major Mike Skinner
After the breakup of Sidedoor Johnnies, drummer Mike Skinner moved on to start a solo project of recordings that mostly feature instrumental percussion. With occasional additions of guitar noises, violins, and delicate vocals, Bumble Bear Records released Skinner's debut album, Staring into Space, in 2000. The following year, his second album,... [+] Read More
Artist: The Boys Star Library
Originally starting out under the moniker of Wookie, the individual members would eventually scrap their sloppy dream pop noise and started learning how to play their instruments with the Boys Star Library. With a more mature lyrical content of storytelling and a tighter guitar appeal, Bumble Bear Records released the bands debut full-length... [+] Read More
Artist: The Dyna-Sores
Led by vocalist/guitarist Rene Hall, the Dyna-Sores were the third group to enjoy a hit with "Alley Oop", the Dallas Frazier-penned ode to the comic strip caveman. Although not as successful as Dante And The Evergreen, who reached the fifteenth chart position, and the Hollywood Argyles, whose version went to number one, the Dyna-Sores helped to... [+] Read More
Artist: Jan Davis
If you've seen Pulp Fiction, that's Jan Davis yelling at the top of his lungs during one of the film's key songs, Dick Dale's "Misirlou." Davis had been a busy session guitarist when "Misirlou" was recorded, called in whenever a song needed his rocking guitar or his crazy vocalizing. It was his ability to arrange and write music that landed... [+] Read More
Artist: Tenor Maestro Stephen J Millerachi
Millerachi a.k.a Miller has toured since the early 90's and still tours heavy metal & opera to this day, it all depends on the tour Millerachi tells us, if it is worth while I'll be there, otherwise I'll stay home with my two Dogs Punky & Bunny. Born in 64 Miller became a master guitar player by 1983 and now plays pieces that make the Flight of... [+] Read More
Artist: Under Milkwood
What little has seen print about Under Milkwood suggests that their self-titled 1969 album might have never been released, or only escaped in very limited quantities (though it's subsequently been reissued on CD). Even if it had come out, it probably wouldn't have made a significant impression in the very crowded field of late-'60s acid rock. In... [+] Read More
Artist: Jim Nabors
While better known as an actor thanks to his immortal role as television's bumbling Gomer Pyle, Jim Nabors also enjoyed a successful career as an easy listening balladeer. Born June 12, 1930, in Sylacauga, AL, he graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in business administration, but later found himself working in TV as an... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Cacavas
Los Angeles-born Chris Cacavas has been kicking around the music business since the early '80s and has served as a sideman for such artists as Green on Red, Steve Wynn, Giant Sand, and Pat Thomas. He released his debut LP (with his band Junkyard Love) in 1988. Cacavas' country- and folk-tinged rock songs, delivered in a plaintive, mournful... [+] Read More
Artist: Joe McCoy
Alongside his younger brother Charlie, Joe McCoy is enshrined among the greatest sidemen in blues history, his spartan slide style most notably preserved on the landmark recordings of his wife Memphis Minnie. Born in May 11, 1905 in Jackson, Mississippi, he was primarily known as Kansas Joe McCoy, but his laundry list of aliases includes... [+] Read More
Artist: The New Hobbits
Folk-rock outfit the New Hobbits was the studio project of Queens, NY-born singer/songwriter Jimmy Curtiss, who first surfaced in 1959 as a member of the doo wop combo the Enjays. He issued his solo debut, "Without You," on United Artists in 1961. The label attempted to position him as a teen idol in the mold of Bobby Vee or Paul Anka, although... [+] Read More
Artist: Ralph Marterie
One of the last big-band leaders to enjoy consistent commercial success, trumpeter Ralph Marterie had a number of hits for Mercury in the early and mid-'50s. While he could play swing when the occasion was suitable, Marterie was not, nor did he pretend to be, a jazzman. Artistic statements were not on the agenda -- he played a wide variety of... [+] Read More
Artist: Vic Berton
Vic Berton, an innovative percussionist from the early days of jazz, came from a musically talented family and is said to have played in a pit orchestra when he was only seven. His father was a professional violinist, and the bowed instrument was one of several musical devices that the tot Berton began bumbling with at an age advanced not much... [+] Read More
Artist: Big Bill Broonzy
In terms of his musical skill, the sheer size of his repertoire, the length and variety of his career and his influence on contemporaries and musicians who would follow, Big Bill Broonzy is among a select few of the most important figures in recorded blues history. Among his hundreds of titles are standards like "All by Myself" and "Key to the... [+] Read More
Artist: Kim Fowley
One of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock and roll, Kim Fowley was, over the course of his decades-long career, a true jack-of-all-trades; a singer, songwriter, producer and manager -- as well as a disc jockey and published poet -- he was the catalyst behind much of the music to emerge from the Los Angeles area during the 1960s... [+] Read More
Artist: Dick Contino
Dick Contino is remembered today for his performances in notoriously (and, one might add, enjoyably) bad movies such as Daddy-O (1959) and The Beat Generation (1960). But for about three years, from 1948 until 1951, Contino was a star attraction as a musician, earning 4,000 dollars a night. He had a recording contract with RCA Victor and an... [+] Read More
Artist: Jimmy Curtiss
Singer/songwriter Jimmy Curtiss is one of the more interesting footnotes in the history of rock & roll -- the rare would-be teen idol who actually wrote his own material (and did so admirably), he later expanded his reach into psychedelia and harmony-laden folk-rock, but while the subject of a small cult following, none of his records ever made... [+] Read More
Artist: William Weatherspoon
William Henry Weatherspoon was half of Motown's songwriting and production team -- (James) Dean and Weatherspoon, who went solid gold via Jimmy Ruffin's recording of "What's Become of the Brokenhearted," co-written with arranger Paul Riser. Their songs were also recorded by Edwin Starr, the Monitors, the Marvelettes, Gladys Knight & the Pips,... [+] Read More
