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This video is an excellent representation of various street artists in Italy. My wife Emanuela Ambrosino and I did all of the shooting and editing. I’ve broken it into three parts because it’s long. The entire project was recorded in Certaldo at the festival of Mercantia.

This episode features the answer to the age old question... “Why not get a bunch of one man bands to play together.”

Oh, yeah... and Giorgio blows himself up! In the 3rd episode you’ll see...

i Ratti della Sabina

Londa Lunga

Vito Garofalo

The Kebap Parade

AsSuRd

Caragipau

Otto & Barnelli

Zar

The Straniero

Giorgio One Man Band

When I made this video on our vacation to New Orleans, I had no idea how famous this guy is. Now I’ve seen him on TV and in Magazines all over the world. My wife’s convinced that he’d become a star if he came to Italy. I think he’s nuts! (And that he should keep away from my wife!) It was damn cold when I made this clip!

You can buy his underwear at www.nakedcowboy.com

When I saw the neon and flashing lights of the rides that they had put up for the Fiesta del Sol in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, I knew it was the perfect place for me to make a video! As you can see, the effect was rather nice!

With images from Chicago’s WGN morning news and WTTW’s “Wild Chicago” here’s some classic video of the Straniero in action. Recorded at the Maxwell St. Market, Fiesta del Sol, the 24th St. Italian Festival and in the TV studio.

Here’s my solo version of the Prince Buster classic. I play drums, bass, guitar, piano, 3-trumpets, clarinet and Stranierofono.

I figured every good busker aught to have his own theme song, no? Mine’s in Italiano and English. It’s not the best recording in the world, but it was recorded on a very old cassette 4-track in a camper in the woods in Tuscany, so what can you expect?

I play ukulele, Bordellofono, trumpet, Jew’s harp and melodica.

This is an incredibly beautiful folk piece from the Basilicata region of Italy. It has 3 distinct parts the first is not actually folk, but written by clarinetist Nello Zanzara. The singing part is the actual folk piece. At the end of each verse there is a quick riff from the tammurriata Napoletana on the accordion.

I play chittara battente, bass, tamora, castanets, Jew’s harp, accordion and melodica besides singing 3 tracks.

The song is about a girl who has to get married and so, must do her hair. She has a very sick dog, but she doesn’t let it bark in the street.

At the time, Solletico was Italy’s #1 children’s program. It was total chaos. I had no idea what was going on. They just dressed me as an angel and told me to get out there. An angel and his Stranierofono.

Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs recorded this track in Copenhagen live in the studio less than two months before the big breakup in Ferrara (Before getting back together again some years later!)

The song was about all the gangs and crack in Chicago. I think it was written in 1985 with my friend Jim Abrams from Cincinnati.

I play a little tiny Greek six string bazuoki called a “baglamas” through one of those little tiny mini-Marshall stacks, (the 9 volt ones). Tam Lawrence on guitar, Grev Lhynne on timbale and Chris Potts on the tea-box bass.

If you ask me... it ROCKS!

In June of 2005, Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs made a reunion gig at the Pennabilli Buskers Festival in Italy. After 12 years the original line-up all got together and as usual performed without any practicing at all.

The song was about all the gangs and crack in Chicago. I think it was written in 1985 with my friend Jim Abrams from Cincinnati.

I play a little tiny Greek six string bazuoki called a “baglamas” through one of those little tiny mini-Marshall stacks, (the 9 volt ones).

The band that was too great to make it... the band that never practiced!

Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs!

If you ask me... it ROCKS!

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