bass_dinger Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 13/02/2021 at 17:22, TrevorR said: A certain Mr Bill Bailey. So he’s been a bit tasty on guitar and keys and jokes for a good old time. He can dance a bit, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 If rap counts as music, then Chris Turner is a very capable performer. From five suggestions, and a random beat, he will improvise a clever, and funny, rap on the subjects given him. He started out as a stand-up comedian, I am told. Hear him rap about mitral valve prolapses and waves, here, from 3'21". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Melissa Villasenor from SNL is an insanely good singing impressionist. The sketches may not be to everyone's taste here ("American rubbish!" I hear you cry already...) but it's hard to argue with her pipes - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Doddy said: As far as 'new' music based comedians go, I really like Boothby Graffoe. He's funny, and I think his songs are really strong. My favourite though was Victor Borge- He was brilliant. A chap I know/knew had a spot on his radio show in the early 90s.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge Hands Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 i haven't seen Flight Of The Conchords mentioned yet (apologies if I missed it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Huge Hands said: i haven't seen Flight Of The Conchords mentioned yet (apologies if I missed it). It’s business time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Just remembered this one..... Charlie Higson of the Fast Show was in the Higsons before his comedy career. Here is the excellent "I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Tommy Chong, of Cheech & Chong: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom skool Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Matt Berry has produced a few decent albums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I’ve always had a soft spot for Alan Sherman; my dad used to play the LP when I was a nipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Does Alex Horne count? More of a frontman to The Horne Section than an actual musician but the unit as a whole is very good. I'm not sure about 'decent musical output' though. I used to quite like Richard Digance back in the day, he has comedic and serious acoustic folky output. Edited February 17, 2021 by Maude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I have two. Scroll down folks! While 'decent musically' isn't actually isn't strictly quantifyable here (as both cases they can play well) but first up, the lovely Pippa Evans has a musical alter-ego Loretta Maine. It was odd, she did a slot at the Comedy Cellar in Bracknell as Loretta Maine (five star/brilliant) and then she came back a year later as Pippa Evans. Her opening line as Pippa Evans? 'Hello Bracknell! This is my second time playing here, but last time I was somebody else.' Next up, Ben Norris...fellow bass player. If his voice sounds familiar, he's Martin Freeman's cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterMute Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Al Murray, when not pulling dodgy pints, is a very decent drummer, his band The Fat Cops don't do much for me but they can play and he's a great bloke, I used to run his shows at the Cosmic Comedy club in the old Greyhound pub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Almost any musical duo: Flanders and Swann, Stillgoe and Skellern, Kit and the Widow, etcetera etcetera. I'm a sucker for clever internal rhymes, pianos and dinner jackets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Maude said: I used to quite like Richard Digance back in the day, he has comedic and serious acoustic folky output. Forgot Richard Digence! Saw him years ago and he was very funny, bit the poignant songs were real tear jerkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I’ll just leave this here... https://youtu.be/jHPOzQzk9Qo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el borracho Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Haven't seen Russ Abbot mentioned. Household name for his comedy shows in the 80s but he was a seriously good drummer. Good enough to pull off this Gene Krupa song 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 That’s quite tidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 49 minutes ago, el borracho said: Haven't seen Russ Abbot mentioned. Household name for his comedy shows in the 80s but he was a seriously good drummer. Good enough to pull off this Gene Krupa song Ah yeah totally forgot about him, which is odd because we sold him a TD kit once... Also John Thompson and Al Murray are drummers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 17/02/2021 at 11:16, Maude said: Does Alex Horne count? More of a frontman to The Horne Section than an actual musician but the unit as a whole is very good. I'm not sure about 'decent musical output' though. I used to quite like Richard Digance back in the day, he has comedic and serious acoustic folky output. Alex Horne? Really? I didn't realise he was a comedian. Never made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, el borracho said: Haven't seen Russ Abbot mentioned. Household name for his comedy shows in the 80s but he was a seriously good drummer. Good enough to pull off this Gene Krupa song Ah, yes........he was in the Black Abbotts first. On Edit: Just listed to the clip. Great performance.... it was a live broadcast too judging by the little squigly box which came up in the corner before the ad break. Edited February 18, 2021 by Nail Soup Additional comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 18:56, Nail Soup said: Just remembered this one..... Charlie Higson of the Fast Show was in the Higsons before his comedy career. Here is the excellent "I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys" And this is a cracker too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 13/02/2021 at 16:05, bassace said: I walked a nature reserve I had project managed. With Bill Oddie. He was a right miserable git. Just sayin’ He opened the new arts centre at my old school (which also happened to be his old school). Seemed quite a nice chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Flanders and Swann (already mentioned above). Fascinating Aida. Doc Cox, aka Ivor Biggun. All musical comedy rather than comedians doing music, but capable musicians and I happen to find them funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Rich said: And this is a cracker too. And could pull it off live too! And immortalised by Robyn Hitchcock in the mis-heard-lyrics-inspired "Listening To The Higsons": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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