Waiting For The Robert E. Lee (1912)....Lewis F. Muir - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T09:48:08Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/waiting-for-the-robert-e-lee-1912-lewis-f-muir?feed=yes&xn_auth=noShari Lewis was the best vent…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2018-09-10:2667446:Comment:1318232018-09-10T15:15:39.165ZJody Stecherhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/JodyStecher
<p>Shari Lewis was the best ventriloquist I have ever seen. There are some surprising adult (not off-color, but not aimed at kids) comedy sketches on youtube of Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop, including one where Lamb Chop is drunk and the two sing a duet which had me howling with laughter. If it turns out that she played the banjo as well I would not be surprised.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:…</cite></p>
<p>Shari Lewis was the best ventriloquist I have ever seen. There are some surprising adult (not off-color, but not aimed at kids) comedy sketches on youtube of Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop, including one where Lamb Chop is drunk and the two sing a duet which had me howling with laughter. If it turns out that she played the banjo as well I would not be surprised.<br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/waiting-for-the-robert-e-lee-1912-lewis-f-muir?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A132016&xg_source=activity#2667446Comment132016"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I remember Shari Lewis she was very good she had another character called 'Lamb Chop'. Robert E Lee makes a good banjo tune, I usually play it together with 'When you're Smiling' 'California Here I Come' 'Toot Toot Tootsie and 'Baby Face'.<br/> <br/> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/waiting-for-the-robert-e-lee-1912-lewis-f-muir?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment131919"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>There was a famous (well, famous here in the States) early TV puppet show by a gal named Shari Lewis. One of the puppets, "Hush Puppy", had a southern drawl. I had a 45 rpm recording of him (her) singing "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" as a child. Funnily, I didn't learn until I was much older that the lyric/title wasn't "Rober-TeeLee".</p>
<p>I was a little chagrined to find out that I'd been led astray by TV depictions of Stern Wheelers and strumming 4-string banjos. I am very happy to report that the artist and banjo player currently cruising the Mississippi River on the Delta Queen (stern wheeler cruise ship) is a 5-string player who knows his history. I am proud to have taught him "Sunflower Dance", which he uses to teach onboard tourists about the <em>real</em> history of the riverboat banjo.</p>
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</blockquote> I remember Shari Lewis she wa…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2018-09-10:2667446:Comment:1320162018-09-10T14:30:24.985ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>I remember Shari Lewis she was very good she had another character called 'Lamb Chop'. Robert E Lee makes a good banjo tune, I usually play it together with 'When you're Smiling' 'California Here I Come' 'Toot Toot Tootsie and 'Baby Face'.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/waiting-for-the-robert-e-lee-1912-lewis-f-muir?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment131919"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>There was a famous…</p>
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<p>I remember Shari Lewis she was very good she had another character called 'Lamb Chop'. Robert E Lee makes a good banjo tune, I usually play it together with 'When you're Smiling' 'California Here I Come' 'Toot Toot Tootsie and 'Baby Face'.<br/> <br/> <cite>Trapdoor2 said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/waiting-for-the-robert-e-lee-1912-lewis-f-muir?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment131919"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>There was a famous (well, famous here in the States) early TV puppet show by a gal named Shari Lewis. One of the puppets, "Hush Puppy", had a southern drawl. I had a 45 rpm recording of him (her) singing "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" as a child. Funnily, I didn't learn until I was much older that the lyric/title wasn't "Rober-TeeLee".</p>
<p>I was a little chagrined to find out that I'd been led astray by TV depictions of Stern Wheelers and strumming 4-string banjos. I am very happy to report that the artist and banjo player currently cruising the Mississippi River on the Delta Queen (stern wheeler cruise ship) is a 5-string player who knows his history. I am proud to have taught him "Sunflower Dance", which he uses to teach onboard tourists about the <em>real</em> history of the riverboat banjo.</p>
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</blockquote> There was a famous (well, fam…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2018-09-03:2667446:Comment:1319192018-09-03T16:22:32.894ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>There was a famous (well, famous here in the States) early TV puppet show by a gal named Shari Lewis. One of the puppets, "Hush Puppy", had a southern drawl. I had a 45 rpm recording of him (her) singing "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" as a child. Funnily, I didn't learn until I was much older that the lyric/title wasn't "Rober-TeeLee".</p>
<p>I was a little chagrined to find out that I'd been led astray by TV depictions of Stern Wheelers and strumming 4-string banjos. I am very happy to…</p>
<p>There was a famous (well, famous here in the States) early TV puppet show by a gal named Shari Lewis. One of the puppets, "Hush Puppy", had a southern drawl. I had a 45 rpm recording of him (her) singing "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" as a child. Funnily, I didn't learn until I was much older that the lyric/title wasn't "Rober-TeeLee".</p>
<p>I was a little chagrined to find out that I'd been led astray by TV depictions of Stern Wheelers and strumming 4-string banjos. I am very happy to report that the artist and banjo player currently cruising the Mississippi River on the Delta Queen (stern wheeler cruise ship) is a 5-string player who knows his history. I am proud to have taught him "Sunflower Dance", which he uses to teach onboard tourists about the <em>real</em> history of the riverboat banjo.</p>