Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens
I have decided to quit all of my orchestral work and start a Marimba Queens tribute band. Scott Kreger from the Milwaukee Symphony (and the new double bass instructor and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) sent me this video. Check out the bass player in this band. He has the most fabulous upright slap technique I’ve ever seen. Maybe I can convince the Elgin Symphony bass section to play with this technique for our upcoming concert.
27 December 2006, 3:43 am
Haha, I love this video! My dad showed it to me a while ago when he was surfing the Net. Actually, the bassist is right-handed; the video is flipped (You can tell because all of the marimbas are backwards). But still, he’s very talented!
27 December 2006, 5:54 am
Thanks for letting me know about the flipped video, Dan. I don’t know much about marimbas, so I didn’t pick up on that. What a crazy video.
29 December 2006, 6:14 pm
This guy could have gone on to fight Muhammad Ali. Ali had fast hands, but this bass player’s hands move so fast, even though they’re flailing around, I hear a pretty steady walking line at the same time both his hands are off the bass.
29 December 2006, 6:40 pm
Isn’t that bass player amazing? I love the showmanship and great musical ability that so many players from this generation combined.
29 December 2006, 9:15 pm
Wow, prety incredible… Although I think that bass player is just epileptic…
30 December 2006, 12:05 pm
This is the kind of slap bass playing I really like!
19 January 2007, 3:26 pm
Does anyone know how I can obtain recordings of Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens? My grandmother, Ruth Neudorf Hauser played in this band and I’m dying to hear more of their performances. Many thanks for any information that you can provide.
23 January 2007, 4:08 am
I’m not sure, but if anyone knows how to get recordings of Reg Kehoe, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail.
15 February 2007, 6:32 pm
To obtain additional recordings of the band email RegKehoeMarimbaBand@gmail.com
16 February 2007, 12:18 am
Thanks for letting people know about that. What a great band!
08 December 2008, 4:47 pm
I have pictures and recordings of the band. If anyone is interested in this please email: RegKehoeMarimbaBand@gmail.com
Thanks
19 February 2009, 8:58 pm
My Mother, Florence Pogue, played with Reg in the early 1930′s. I don’t have any recordings but do have many photographs taken during that period. I took xylophone lessons from Reg when I was three and a half years old and played a solo during one of the band’s appearances in Lancaster. That would have been 1932. I remember also being taken by Mother to rehearsals. Reg had a teaching studio above Troup Music House at 38 West King Street in Lancaster. He taught marimba, accordian and drums. In 1974 when I returned to Lancaster after living elsewhere fora number of years, I bought Reg’s drum set which was for sale at Randall’s Music House, sucessor to Troups’s.
04 April 2009, 8:32 am
the bass player in the Reg Kehoe band was my uncle Frank DiNunzio. He died a few years ago and played up to the end. He owned a restruant in Annville, PA and later in Hershey, PA where he played every weekend. He also had a band that played in Hershey park every summer
21 April 2010, 4:01 pm
This is a question for Jim Miller. What are your
parents’ names since your last name is Miller?
Frank was my X’s uncle. Uncle Frank’s wife still
lives in Hershey. Did you ever see Frank when he’d stand up on the neck of the bass while he
strummed? He was a really funny guy and love to
entertain. We all miss him.
21 April 2010, 4:06 pm
I loved this video
14 October 2010, 8:05 pm
To “anonymous” who says Ruth Hauser was her grandmother. I have some old memorabilia that came directly from Ruth (Kearns). If you are interested, please feel free to email me.