steve april vocal, guitar (Melody, lyrics)
mark stein lead guitar, sax, bass, percussion
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Reading about Barnum's circus and sideshow, when I began working with Steve Ison back in 2005 or so, came up with this ditty, about characters in the circus. Produced more recently...
V.1 the Hilton Sisters. Daisy and Violet were born in 1908 to a barmaid named Kate Skinner; Kate’s boss recognized that she could make a lot of money off of the conjoined twins and bought them from their mother. She toured them though Europe, the U.S. and Australia. They sued for their independence in 1931 and won that, plus $100,000. They went into vaudeville as the Hilton Sisters and played saxophone in Barnum's American Revue. They ended up settling in Florida for a while and owned a hamburger stand called the Hilton Sisters’ Snack Bar. Their last public appearance was at a drive-in in Charlotte, N.C., where their tour manager abandoned them.
V2 Deon, a male trans-gender (or hermaphrodite), before there was a word for that.
V.3 Venus, a tall african lady...
V.4 thumbalina, the tiny ballerina, if I recall.
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