You never know what you’ll find when you go searching around on YouTube. I have written here before about searching for the song Peoria. I was hoping to find a performance of the song by Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band that I remembered from my childhood, but instead I found a lively performance by the Duesseldorfer Banjo Club.
Last night I was searching again, this time looking for videos of Clancy Hayes, popular singer and banjo player who did the vocals for the Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band. What I found was a record I didn’t know existed, Hayes singing a song for Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 Presidential campaign.
It’s a catchy number, featuring lines like this:
They’ve proved they have the know-how
To guide our ship of state
Through fair and stormy weather
That’s for sure!
Not much video in this video — it’s just a still shot of the record. Great Tweed label, though!
I’ll have to wait til I’m not at work to listen to this–but my day just got a bit brighter knowing that the Duesseldorfer Banjo Club exists (or existed) in the world