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The Monkey And The Engineer

from Pay It Back by LP Kelly

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Jesse Fuller was a one-man-band street musician from San Francisco who recorded his first album in 1958 at the age of 62. He played a 12-string guitar, a harmonica, a kazoo, a high-hat with his left foot, and with the right foot a fotdella – a bass foot-piano of his own invention. Fuller was the main inspiration for the Old Man Kelly one-man-band show that I used to do, and "The Monkey and the Engineer" was a staple of that show. I think I was 18 years old when I first learned it. I've done it here without the foot percussion because I sold my drum kit last year.

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from Pay It Back, released June 10, 2020

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LP Kelly Blacksburg, Virginia

The sound of LP Kelly (formerly Old Man Kelly) comes from the early days of American roots music: when bluesmen sang from front porches on hot afternoons; when swing bands played dances in speakeasies late into the night. Kelly has worked to encourage a renaissance in music that has a history and a place – music that demands the listener dig deeper to find its roots in geography and time. ... more

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