PICKLEHEAD
MUSIC PRESENTS
Ian Whitcomb
America's Foremost Tin-Pan Alley Man,
Ukulele Virtuoso,
and Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist
PICKLEHEAD
MUSIC PRESENTS
Ian Whitcomb
America's Foremost Tin-Pan Alley Man,
Ukulele Virtuoso,
and Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist
Lots of new stuff here...
AT LAST!
Ian Whitcomb's first RAP recording, "SMOKE THAT PIPE," is now available for
download -
An exciting slice of life cut in the mean streets of South-Central Los Angeles,
this A Capella Anthem has to be heard to be believed!
Plus: Check out new Digital
Downloads of two
Ian Whitcomb CD's not available anywhere else!
PLUS lots more Digital Downloads of Ian's CD's
Click here to go to Ian's Digital Download Page
NEW!
Nearly complete, Ian Whitcomb Discography
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NEW!
THE IAN WHITCOMB
RADIO SHOW can be heard worldwide on Internet radio
at luxuriamusic.com every Wednesday
from 8-10 pm pacific standard time, and repeated every Saturday morning at 8 AM.
Lots of Ian on YouTube!
Click on the links below:
JUST ADDED! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbRVytrwHGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B3m7hYSNwM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LU5PBzImrU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JRUz0MFsyg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf3WBRwZrHo
Lots of new Vintage Ian Pics
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Ian's Vintage Dance Bands are
for hire!
Ian runs two very successful bands that perform at public events, such as the
annual concerts at the Workman & Temple Homestead and the vaudeville shows at
the Alex Theatre in Glendale, as well as the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena. They
can be heard, too, on the soundtrack of several current movies, available on
DVD: "The Cat's Meow", "Stanley's
Gig" and "Last Call", for example.
But most of their work is at private functions: parties, anniversaries,
etc. The bands-- the five piece combo of Ian Whitcomb & His Bungalow Boys and
the ten piece Ian Whitcomb & His Dance Band, play for listening enjoyment and
for dancing. Ian's ensembles, comprising accordion, ukulele, banjo, slide
guitar, violin, sax and horn sections, xylophone, piano, bass and drums, are the
only ones in California playing specifically for dancers: waltzes, tangos,
foxtrots, one steps, two steps and even early rock & roll. There are plenty of
other bands around specializing in period music ( mostly 1930s/40s swing) but
they are playing jazz , generally for their own pleasure and that of a few
buffs. Ian's bands are practical bands for dancing and active listening. Ian
encompasses all of pop music from ragtime to rock--there's nobody else like him
or with his credentials: hit records, a Grammy, a raft of history books. E-mail
and reserve the ensemble of your needs for your special function.
E-mail: Ianwhitcomb1@aol.com. Very
reasonable and flexible prices.
For samples of his music go to the
CD section on this site and
look up the CDs that are listed as featuring The Bungalow Boys and/or the Dance
Band.
JUST RELEASED!
The Ian Whitcomb Songbook from Mel Bay
Click Here to go to Ian's
Songbook page
CELEBRATING THE FORTIETH
ANNIVERSARY OF IAN WHITCOMB ON THE BILLBOARD CHART!
Click here for details
Vintage Ian pictures
Click here to go to
Ian's Photo Gallery
IAN
WHITCOMB DVD COMPILATION #1 (1965-1998)
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"Turned On Alley"
-
The First DVD from
Ian Whitcomb and the Bungalow Boys!
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here for details
All of Ian's VHS Videos are now available on
DVD!
Click here to go to Ian's
video page
Drawings of Ian made by Don Bachardy in 1966 -
Click
here
FOUR CD'S, RELEASED IN
JAPAN BY MUSKRAT RECORDS!
Exact
replicas of LP's recorded by Ian
in the 1970's
CLICK HERE OR ON PICTURE FOR IAN'S CD PAGE!
Read about Ian and his life in a February, 2002 article in LA Weekly. Click here.
"STANLEY'S GIG"---MUSIC FROM THE MOTION
PICTURE---Now available on CD
A SENSATIONAL VIDEO!
“L.A—-MY HOME TOWN”, a BBC documentary made in Los Angeles in 1976 and starring
Ian as a British expatriate uncertain of his loyalties. Lots of frontal nudity from both sexes! In one notorious scene Ian is thrown into a swimming
pool by an arch female pornographer. She then proceeds to remove his bathing suit. Other great scenes feature Peter Asher, The British Consul General, The
Huntington Library, a male nude model and his photographer, and the Disneyland Fourth of July Parade. Songs include, ”Wurzel Fudge” and “You Turn Me On.” Questions were
asked in Parliament after the prime time screening of this film on BBC TV. Get your copy now of this eccentric item before we are stopped.
See the video
section for more details and a saucy picture of Ian and the female pornographer (now a happily married
mother.)
PHOTO BY LARRY UNDERHILL
Enjoy Ian and his
Bungalow Boys at their regular gig at Cantalini's Salerno Beach Italian
Ristorante. Here they are: Fred Sokolow (guitar), Ian, and Dave Jones (bass) in
their corner at this cozy yet buzzing spot by the beach in Southern California.
Where the Happening People meet. Land at LAX and you're minutes away. The
address is 193 Culver Blvd, Playa Del Rey, California, 90293. Make your
reservations at (310) 821 0018. The Boys play every other Sunday from 6:30 pm
till 9:30 pm. For details go to
www.salernobeach.com.
Schedule
- Where to see Ian live!
Compilation
Video # 1 A great new way to see lots of Ian!
Photo
Gallery - cool pictures of Ian throughout the years
Letters from Lotusland
- Updated monthly - a note from Ian
NEW!
Full Length
Biography
-
30 years of amazing achievements
Ian's "Heart-throb"
Photo Gallery...'60s & '70s pics
Literary Corner -
8 NEW ENTRIES!...read some Ian
CD's,
DVD's, Books, Videos lots of great stuff
from Ian.
Ian's
Fav Links... Ukulele sites and more
Order CDs
ATTENTION! Get on Ian's mailing list!
e-mail him at ianwhitcomb1@aol.com.
Ian would like to send you announcements through the Post so, include your ‘snail’ mail address.
You may also contact Ian by mail at:
Ian Whitcomb
P.O. Box 451
Altadena, CA. 91003