Times article about them from '92
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/05/nyregion/about-new-york-bronx-fab-four-clings-to-yesterday.html
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 December 2012 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
i've never heard a more accurate impression of the vocals but everything else (the drums!) make them worth listening to. i'm jealous of your life rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq4kunl_N4w
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Friday, 14 December 2012 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
These days the most fun Beatles buskers you will see are a bunch of apparent suburbanites called The Meetles.
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 December 2012 06:56 (eleven years ago) link
Homer and Jethro did a parody of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" that musically sounds exactly like the original although they didn't try to get the vocals and harmonies.
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 December 2012 07:01 (eleven years ago) link
feat. Chet Atkins
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 December 2012 07:03 (eleven years ago) link
Some background on them: http://cjarchives.jrn.columbia.edu/article.asp?subj=city&course=bronxbeat&id=1283
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 December 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
A Bronx Tale: http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/ghetto-brothers-interview
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 December 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
WFMU blogger loves them: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/01/fake-beatles-no-19-tk.html
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 December 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
Said blogger being The Great Gaylord
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 December 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaO4WmI8bTo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 December 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
OK, that Ghetto Brothers album Power - Fuerza just got rereleased last month
― TS: shambala vs. sha la la, man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 December 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-b6OcOq0iA
― Soft Mutation Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 June 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
Watch outThere goes that crazy boyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAEX-RFKL6w
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2022 10:21 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne4zTjZ-WpE
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2022 10:22 (one year ago) link
Here is their YouTube channel:http://www.youtube.com/streetthebeat
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2022 10:35 (one year ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/nyregion/benjy-melendez-bronx.html
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2022 10:44 (one year ago) link
His story is also told in Chapter Nine of the EMP book Listen Again.
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 July 2022 10:46 (one year ago) link
Watch outThere goes that crazy boy📹
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 04:04 (one year ago) link