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Steve Mobia
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Fascinated by dreams and non-literal thinking.
FUN HOUSE — song by Bob Lesoine
This is a song from Bob Lesoine's "LAST NIGHT AT PLAYLAND," a musical devoted to the old seaside amusement parks that used to thrive around the USA. The Fun House song is accompanied by a rare look inside the Fun House at San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach, a large amusement park near Ocean Beach that was torn down in 1972. Shot by Samuel Scripps on 16mm film and featuring Toad the Mime (Toni Attell), we get a whirlwind ride through the fun house and the Giant Slide!
Written and performed by Bob Lesoine (guitar, vocals) and Carl Van den Wyk (bass, background vocals)
Written and performed by Bob Lesoine (guitar, vocals) and Carl Van den Wyk (bass, background vocals)
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BEHIND THE BELLOWS: a Documentary about the Accordion by Steve Mobia
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An hour long American documentary about the beloved but often misunderstood squeezebox; its history and variety as well as its effect on popular culture. Contains insightful interviews with accordion legends such as Anthony Galla-Rini, Guy Klucevsek and Dick Contino among many others. Written, Directed and Narrated by Steve Mobia (© 2009) For HD version, go to Vimeo under the same title: vimeo....
Anthony Galla-Rini discusses the accordion
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Anthony Galla-Rini (here 99 years old), discusses his early vaudeville career and his improvements for accordion design. After leaving vaudeville, Galla-Rini strove to make the accordion an acceptable concert instrument for music other than folk derived pieces. He founded the American Accordionist Association which commissioned well-known composers of modern classical music to write for the acc...
Paul Hayes Suspended Sculpture
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Paul's work can be found at Raining Chainsaws in San Francisco. Background music by the Phantom Orchard Ensemble. Shot and edited by Steve Mobia
Guy Klucevsek and the Accordion
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Accordionist/composer Guy Klucevsek describes his approach to the instrument and plays "Clarissa," - a piece he wrote. From the DVD "extras" in "Behind the Bellows: A Documentary About the Accordion" by Steve Mobia.
Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" played on accordion
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A live 1941 recording features accordion virtuoso Charles Nunzio performing his arrangement of Raymond Scott's 1937 piece "Powerhouse"
Better Bad News - Holy Land Theme Park (2004)
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George Coates' long running video blog, Better Bad News, was offered on-line from 2003 to 2011. Here is one of the early episodes.
George Coates interview (1991)
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Bettina Gray interviews theater director George Coates about the part imagination plays in his multi-media productions. For over 2 decades Coates and his many collaborators staged the largest scale experimental music theater ever produced in San Francisco. At the time of the interview, Coates had been presenting "The Architecture of Catastrophic Change" for several months (at an attendance reco...
Wedding Scene - Prospero's Books
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Peter Greenaway's sensual hallucinatory version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" was a technical and structural breakthrough film of the early 1990s. Combining animation, pantomime, dance and operatic music along with unique nested images it was also among the first features to use high definition video, Greenaway's premise is that, after being banished from his dukedom, Prospero brings his books...
Camera Obscura visits Camp Tipsy 2013
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Chris DeMonterey brought his self built camera obscura to Chicken John's Camp Tipsy in 2013. Tipsy is an annual camp-out boat building event in the wilds of Northern California on sprawling Lake Ladoga where materials are provided and people construct floating contraptions. Just a few of the many odd "boats" are featured in the video. Chris took a few shots and movies during the visit. Edited b...
Carmen Carrozza talks
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The great classical accordionist Carmen Carrozza (who premiered many original compositions for the instrument) died on June 17, 2013. Here he talks about the lack of accordion teaching books when he was young as well as techniques to create more interesting chords on the standard bass (Carmen never learned the "free bass" models). The American Accordionist Association formed to promote the acco...
The Question Mark Experiment
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Back in 1979, the camera obscura at the Cliff House in San Francisco had been closed for years. Gene Turtle (one of the original builders of the camera in the late 1940s) let ex-carny David Warren run the operation. Along with friends Steve Mobia and Chris DeMonterey, many experiments were tried to encourage people to go inside this unique attraction. It was observed that many who read the Life...
Helmi Harrington tour of her accordion museum
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The "World of Accordions" museum in Superior Wisconsin has over a thousand accordions on display. Helmi Harrington, the collector/curator, discusses a few of her unique instruments and the different approach between accordion inventors Demian and Buschmann. From the DVD special features of "Behind the Bellows: A Documentary About the Accordion." by Steve Mobia.
2,000 Rhinestone Accordion
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Accordionist Billy Selak describes the process of applying 2,000 rhinestones to his custom built Columbo instrument. From the DVD special features of "Behind the Bellows: A Documentary About the Accordion" by Steve Mobia
Accordion Physical Features by Gordon Piatanesi
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Accordion Physical Features by Gordon Piatanesi
YOU ARE ALL MAD 😛 BUT ALSO LOVELY
Catchy tune very nice
What is Stefan Hussong playing @ 30:50?
LOVE IT, STEVE!!! --Camera
Hi steve, i met you by the accordion documentary, i just loved the way you explained the information, i have an accordion and i wanted to see more information, now i have thanks to you
What song at 0:34?
Glad you posted this Steve. Best review of accordions through history. Of course lots had to be left out due to time limit.
"Diatonic accordions… are a favorite among immigrants around the world”…The condescending tone is ridiculous 😂 because if you are not white you don’t have a culture, you are just an ‘immigrant’
I think you missed the part where the documentary mentions english immigrants. Looking to race bait at every corner aren't you?
you are talking out of your ass
Accordion is an amazing instrument if study music the way supposed to be .its a complete instrument playing all kind music from all over the world & more you just put in your hands and go easy ok 🪗 🪗
Do you ever regret starting with Concertinas?
Excellent documentary! I learned a lot! I have a davinci that I got through Milton Mann Studios lessons in the 70’s in California.
It rather hear an accordion any day than listen to the bag pipes.
Along the Texas-Mexico border, the diatonic button acordeón thrives thanks to Don Ramon Ayala and popular norteño groups like Intocable, Los Tigres del Norte, and many others. Yes, the acordeón is alive and well in 2024 ... if you know where to look.
Accordions are so back
This comprehensive video overlooks the accordion music of Vallenato, a music genre from Colombia. You can listen to master player Egidio Cuadrado in the following links: - [Link 1](ua-cam.com/video/p8rw1Bq0rXs/v-deo.html) - [Link 2](ua-cam.com/video/7R64PrZdUmQ/v-deo.html) Also missing is the Chamamé, an Argentine music genre featuring the accordion.
Many thanks for the valuable contribution! Excellent, and what is very important is the historical connection back to the Renaissance. (Portativ) This historical root always seemed to be missing in the case of hand-pulled instruments.
excelente documentário, obrigado por compartilhar
Sadly, you left one out. Judy Tenuta. Stand up comedian with accordion. no, she never played a song but she used it very effectively as punctuation to her jokes. Must have been many who saw that and sad, "I want to do that, lets find an accordion and do it." Dont dismiss. you featured virtuosos but also ones who pulled others in to accordion and Judy did that.
Zydeco is what made me investigate accordion. And now here I am with a CBA and taking lessons and wanting to dedicate me life to this instrument
Do it!!! 👏🏻 👏🏻
Good stuff.
Aré you young?
@@xavierlongoria4562 Nope
Great fun to watch. Thank you
Dommage que c'est en anglais
Thanks for sharing !
And since 50 years one can see and hear the Hare Krishna devotees sing and play the accordeon on the streets worldwide❤
The finale, what cemetery and where???
Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland California
Totally awesome!! Very well done!
quick shout out to merengue tipico
This documentary is a little older, but it's now worth mentioning the accordion's place in Eastern punk and rock bands like Dubioza Kolektiv and Kultur Shock. Accordion is still a cornerstone of modern music in many countries outside the U.S. and it's wonderful!
Thanks, will check out these bands!
Hi
22:55 who's the mad man that chose to include this image
Get over it
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Minstrel shows were a part of vaudeville historically.
Wow, if that photo of a vaudeville performer triggers you, you need serious help or a life. Maybe both.
@@oro7114Part of history
Fantastic video, I’m going to get mine out of its box, so much inspiration after watching this👌
One of the best instruments out there!❤
🔴 Is steel reed better or brass reed better? Please tell me.I own an Accordian that is an Italian Steel reed Accordian
Steel projects sound better (harder and louder than brass). I've never seen a standard accordion with brass reeds. Brass reeds are usually used in some concertinas, harmonicas, melodicas because they resist rust.
italian steel? i doubt so.
Swedish blue steel is commonly used in Italian instruments.@@eliasmuster9207
@@auclannot only in italian instruments. swedish steel is used for accordion reeds worldwide.
MIDI accordion development peaked with Roland (there is the Bugari Evo, which is the best MIDI accordion on the market right now; but the sound engine is the same as Roland's), and there was no new development since, which is very sad to me. Sure, they can create sounds similar to real instruments. But there's nothing authentic in that, it ends up sounding like a toy organ/piano/double bass instead of the real thing. Why not pursue something unique, something no other digital instrument could do? Why is no one exploiting the bellows to manipulate the synthesizers? You control velocity by how hard you press the buttons (similar to the piano), and you control LFOs by how hard you push the bellows.
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May I "plug" my own digital accordion treatment? Please check the 7 minutes long demo I've produced to illustrate the versatility of the digital accordion. ua-cam.com/video/8ywDaBRCtXs/v-deo.html Notice the sound imitation of "Amélie Poulin" or Francis Lai electronic accordion (which had the form of a keyboard but will all buttons) imitation on the tune "Un homme et une femme" etc. I love my FR8 because I can imitate multiple accordions with the same instrument.
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Seems to me a lot of Italians play the accordion
I enjoyed the video... However, the diatonic button accordeon was given short shrift. The one row was dedicated to the "Cajun" accordeon which is a folk art version of the one row, ten button, two base, diatonic, bisonoric, bellows driven areo phone made and played all over the world. A Cajun accordeon is largely a copy of the Globe and other one row boxes made in Germany, Saxony, Bohemia , imported to the USA and Canada. What makes a "Cajun" accordeon a "Cajiun" accordeon is that it is made by a Cajun. No more, no less. Their tuning is not "Cajun" it is one more style of "just" tuning favoring a single key. Hence, playing mostly in G on a C box. There are spectacular versions of the one row made in Italy, Castagnari being one, In Canada, Messervier and Melodie as examples. And then there are the Irish who favor the one row in D and play a variety of boxes made in Canada, France and Italy. There has been over time as much music played on the one row as any other type of accordeon. Also no mention of Santiago Jimenez Sr.. the man who pioneered Tex Mex and primarily played on a simple G/C Hohner Poker Work. And what about Hohner, the largest manufacturer in the history of the accordeon? More music has been played on Hohners than any other brand. What About the Irish and the B/C and C#/D Systems. and the box is considered the national instrument following the harp. The there is Trikatixia (sp) from the Basque country, And diatonic from Britanny, and the many Italian folk styles and their specialized accordeons. The southern Brazil Northern Gaita. Venezuala, Colombia, Panama., Dominican, CApe Verde. all different. The piano accordeon was a late comer.. from my research it was first built by a Frenchman name Bouton. The Piano Accoredon is affectionally known as the Stomach Steinway.
Thanks for all the info. The documentary is only an overview. There are a lot of accordions out there.
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Thank you.
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,,,that was fun holiday viewing!!! Reanimates me back into this beautiful musical instrument 🎉😊😊 I'm so glad my mother enrolled me into accordion classes all those years ago, for whatever reason I do not know (maybe nostalgic), but I'm so grateful, as it is my Voice as I grow older and wiser😮❤❤
Nice documentary! Thank you. I missed the Polka-Rock Band from Denton Texas called Brave Combo. They are still going strong.
Sad that avsenik wasnt mentioned, he revolutionized and created our folk music, all around accordion...
You mean Slavko Avsenik? It seems this film was aimed more at accordion through the lens of Americans.
Very true (due to budget constraints)@@bveracka
Definitely, and there's not enough interest in accordion to make that money back. A longer film going in-depth with _all_ the accordions of the world - and the most famous players of each type - would cost millions. It'd take years to make as well; with so many countries and people to interview.…but anyways.. this is still a very cool film!@@auclan
I think a lot of Americans watching this would feel same about them not mentioning Flaco Jiménez and the three-row diatonic accordions that are very popular in the American Southwest and Latin America.
Excellent documental, I really enjoyed it a lot. Accordion was my best harmony teacher since I never took music lessons and I'm an ear player.
An accordion Museum!!…I’m GOING there!
Yes. Still there to my knowledge.
Interesting thank you
Jim Boggio was my grandfather's cousin. Jimmy Borrell was my uncle (married to my grandmother's sister) and he invented the cordovox. I learned to play the accordion at his music shop in Kissimmee, FL in the 60's. The accordion is quite literally in my blood! LOL!
Wow! Thanks for that!
Sweet! What about BRAVE COMBO!!!! I feel inspired now!
Lawrence Welk was born March 11, 1903, Strasburg, ND, USA. not Europe
I don't think I or Klucevsek indicated that Welk was born elsewhere. It's just that he played music of the old country (polkas, etc - not rock)
RICHARD GALLIANO was not show herę [ W H Y ? ]
Budget. I made this documentary in my spare time while doing a full time job. Yes, I would've loved to travel to Europe to interview Galliano (and others).
You can not cover all the accordionists on the planet in a one hour documentary. Sure Richard Galliano is an important accordion figure but what about Daniel Colin, François Parisi, Ludovic Beieir and so many more...
Great documentary thanks