The Hoosier Hotshots sing about a man who made a long walk dressed only in long underwear, a coonskin cap, and a four-foot piece of rolled cotton for a beard in this soundie.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
As a general rule, I find that any band that uses a washboard as a musical instrument trying to be funny is overdoing it. This one is an exhibit in support of that statement.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
As a general rule, I find that any band that uses a washboard as a musical instrument trying to be funny is overdoing it. This one is an exhibit in support of that statement.
