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"[The Two Man
Gentlemen Band] was AWESOME. These guys
rule in a totally old-timey, banjo and
stand-up bass way. They've got charisma,
energy and kazoos, and they definitely
have fun up there, with compositions
that are a little bit dorky and a little
bit dirty. Banjo player Andy Bean works
the crowd, addressing members of the
audience and his own band with the
honorific "friend," and employing other
affectations of a Depression-era
huckster. Their lyrics are twee and
hilarious, and each song clips along at
approximately twelve-million bpms. The
band should be atop every geek's play
list. They played, not one, but two
songs related to mathematics…To cap off
this complete and joyful celebration of
dorkitude, we had a brief discussion on
William Howard Taft — the last president
to have facial hair in office — followed
by a song. I have such a crush on Bean,
and his fedora".
- AM
New York, CMJ 2007 Review
"One of the most entertaining acts I've
ever seen, and most certainly the
funniest."
-Matt Morelock, WDVX-FM (Knoxville, TN)
"The Gentlemen fire off their ditties
with such good natured pep that they
transcend schtick."
-Time Out NY
“One of the most inspired acts touring
the country!”
-Joe Scott, GoTriad
(Winston-Salem, NC)
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“These gentlemen back up their dandy
visages with top-notch musicianship,
fine vocal harmonies and a wryly
humorous subtext to their anachronism.”
-Stuart Harmening, The Savannah
Morning News (Savannah, GA)
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“The Gentlemen push the comic
curtain wide open, searching for at
least a grin with nearly all of their
songs. Even tracks about disasters like
the Hindenburg explosion are spry enough
to sound like two men shaking off
sadness with musical smiles.”
-Grayson Currin, The Independent
(Chapel Hill, NC)
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Playing gloriously retro string
music that draws on everything from
Dixieland jazz, Vaudevillian swing,
ragtime, and rural hokum blues, the
gentlemen are slowly making their way
around the country, spreading their
sunny dispositions and anachronistic
gospel of kindness and good humor
everywhere they go.”
-Jim Reed, Connect Savannah
(Savannah, GA)
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“Musically, the duo sounds like
something you might have overheard at a
Confederate Army camp. Lyrically, their
songs recall the innuendos of bluesmen
like Lonnie Johnson and Bo Carter:
thinly veiled, rife with double
entendres, but always in a playful
spirit.”
-Andy Stokes, MetroSpirit
(Augusta, GA)
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"Old, carmudgeonly backbeats are
juxtaposed with intelligent narratives,
spliced with some sophomoric lyrics,
presented with a smile. It's the
Vaudevillian gentleman, a bygone sense
of comic civility."
-Kevin Crowe, Metro Pulse
(Knoxville, TN)
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"The chemistry these gentlemen
have cooked up certainly makes for a
powerful sound. To any member of
the masses out there who thinks that old
folkie music is strictly for old folks,
I have to object by playing [Great
Calamities] as loud as it can go."
-Anthony Mores, FolkItUp.net
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