Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens

15 Responses to “Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens”

1. Dan on December 27th, 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!

2. Jason Heath on December 27th, 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.

3. Anonymous on December 29th, 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.

4. Jason Heath on December 29th, 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.

5. Justin Cormia on December 29th, 2006 9:15 pm

   Wow, prety incredible… Although I think that bass player is just epileptic…

6. Jason Heath on December 30th, 2006 12:05 pm

   This is the kind of slap bass playing I really like!

7. Anonymous on January 19th, 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.

8. Jason Heath on January 23rd, 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.

9. Cyndy on February 15th, 2007 6:32 pm

   To obtain additional recordings of the band email RegKehoeMarimbaBand@gmail.com

10. Jason Heath on February 16th, 2007 12:18 am

    Thanks for letting people know about that. What a great band!

11. Cyndy on December 8th, 2008 4:47 pm

    I have pictures and recordings of the band. If anyone is interested in this please email: RegKehoeMarimbaBand@gmail.com

    Thanks

12. Walter H. Pogue, Jr. on February 19th, 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.

13. jim Miller on April 4th, 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

14. Lucy DiNunzio Pietsch on April 21st, 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.

15. Lucy DiNunzio Pietsch on April 21st, 2010 4:06 pm

    I loved this video

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