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Con Nathan, Captain Kazooz, Temple City Kazoo Orchestra, Toy Dolls, Provizorka Jazz Band, The Savoy Orpheans, Beat Farmers, Dionne Warwick, Susan Christie, Del Shannon, Syd Barrett, The Cure, Toby Keith, Dion, Eric Clapton, The Kinks, Monsieur Mirliton, Jurassic 5, Queen, Mound City Blue Blowers, Frank Zappa, Red Hot Chili Peppers / With Nathan, Captain Kazooz, Temple City Kazoo Orchestra, Toy Dolls, Provizorka Jazz Band, The Savoy Orpheans, Beat Farmers, Dionne Warwick, Susan Christie, Del Shannon, Syd Barrett, The Cure, Toby Keith, Dion, Eric Clapton, The Kinks, Monsieur Mirliton, Jurassic 5, Queen, Mound City Blue Blowers, Frank Zappa, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Temple City Kazoo Orchestra. Image: Klaus Hiltscher.
Well, they’re almost all songs. “2001 sprach Kazoostra” by the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra is brilliant, and features chest percussion:
I wonder if it was the inspiration for David Bedford’s a cappella “Wagner’s Ring in one minute”, which appeared on Morgan Fisher’s great Miniatures (1980):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUInYuhvQU
“Jugband Blues“, written by Syd Barrett for Pink Floyd, is an extraordinary song, and uses kazoos to mimic a brass ensemble:
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