Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Hoochie! Coochie! Rootie! Tootie!


Mel Lewis and Llama Liz accompanied by Charles Weathersby and his Dixieland Band.

4 comments:

Dennis said...

An African tiger. Worth the price of admission alone. Live and inside now.

Chic Silber said...


I they went extinct soon after

their overuse in early jungle

films shown with Asian elephants

in darkest Africa

John Herriott said...

Side shows were quite popular back ago, in that they were interesting even if it was razzmatazz. Evgen Ringling had a very good sideshow similar 6to the others. Lost as is so many other things of the past. aftershow concert, candy pitch, menagerie, etc. whatever happened?

Lane Taburt said...

King Charles sez Dory Miller gave him the oppty in the early '50s to become the first black band leader under the big top. He was very proud of that accomplishment.