Katharine Whalen of The Squirrel Nut Zippers answers a question submitted by Janet Alvarez of California about the music video for "The Ghost of Stephen Foster" .
Recorded by Joshua J. Smelser backstage at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, NV on December 15th 2007.
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Ok guys the music video for ghost of spehen foster is modeled on bimbo's initiation; at least i think it is because many parts of it look very simular if u agree vote this comment up so others can see it too
dimebag3434 4 months ago
Im curious about why you guys go for that look you have, so old fashioned.
336forlife 4 months ago
I love her hat.
TheDefenestratrix 5 months ago
First time I saw the video I thought it was modeled after the Max and Dave Fleischer cartoons from the 1930s. The scene of the couple going down the slide and being spit out into the room reminded me of a similar scene from the cartoon "Bimbo's Initiation".
PatrickRsGhost 9 months ago
@1941lex of course its kletzmer......................it is what it is. Also, whether the nut zippers want to be part of the swing revival or not they are.....................Late 90's + Big Band Type Music = Swing revival
rwk1983 1 year ago
A question: some parts of the song sound to me a lot to kletzmer music. Any influence? or just plain coincidence of musical styles?
Same for other songs of SNZ.
Thank you.
1941lex 1 year ago
I performed in a play called sing on,Had all this stephen foster music in it,i would cringe when i heard anything stephen foster,EXCEPT for this song,it got me through it.
dougletv 2 years ago
I think that cartoon was the first music video that I ever saw on an "enhanced" CD (or what ever they were called)... I guess that would be 10 years ago now.
forresto 2 years ago
And I absolutely agree 100%!
SNZ are great musicians and very much fun to watch!
vampiroangelico 2 years ago
i love your music.
4561239881 2 years ago