Sukiyaki Song (video) 3.1 mb
Saturday 4 November 2006
In November of 2006 I went to the Daidogei Buskers World Cup in Shizuoka, Japan. I really enjoyed getting to play on the other side of the world. Just for the festival, I learned to sing a song in
The Entertainer (video) 1.7 mb
Thursday 24 February 2005
I made this TV spot for a Japanese chain of Pachinko parlors called Meiho group. They were filmed in Milan inside of the Teatro Litta. It was a really fun experience!
The instrument is the
Pachinko Rag (video) 1.6 mb
Thursday 24 February 2005
I made this TV spot for a Japanese chain of Pachinko parlors called Meiho group. They were filmed in Milan inside of the Teatro Litta. It was a really fun experience!
The song I wrote myself for
Americano-Napoli (video) 2 mb
Thursday 25 November 2004
This video was recorded on the side of the famous Galleria Umberto in Naples, Italy as a trial for the Mehio Group Japanese TV ads. This instrument is Radio Guaglione, and is all acoustic except for
Tiptoe Through The Tulips (video) 2.7 mb
Thursday 25 November 2004
This video was recorded on the side of the famous Galleria Umberto in Naples, Italy as a trial for the Mehio Group Japanese TV ads. This instrument is Radio Guaglione, and is all acoustic except for
Goldfishbowl Eyes (audio) 2.5 mb
Wednesday 17 March 2004
Goldfishbowl Eyes is a Greasy Pigs song written in 1991 by Tam & me. It’s one of my favorites. This version I recorded for the Pennabilli Artisti in Piazza CD from 2004.
The first line of the
Tony Clifton Circus (video) 7.6 mb
Friday 5 December 2003
When Tony Clifton Circus asked me to make their demo video for them I told them that they made me sick! But when they told me that they’d pay me I put aside my love affair with Barbie dolls and we
Torero at Porta Portese (video) 1.8 mb
Sunday 27 October 2002
One of my many nicknames is the “Porta Portese Philharmonic Orchestra”. Here I am blasting through Rome’s biggest and most famous open air market at full volume early on a Sunday morning,
After You’ve Gone-Porta Portese (video) 3.8 mb
Sunday 27 October 2002
One of my many nicknames is the “Porta Portese Philharmonic Orchestra”. Here I am blasting through Rome’s biggest and most famous open air market at full volume early on a Sunday morning,
Mercantia-Part 1 (video) 10.4 mb
Sunday 28 July 2002
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.
Mercantia-Part 2 (video) 8.9 mb
Saturday 27 July 2002
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.
Mercantia-Part 3 (video) 13.5mb
Friday 26 July 2002
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 Naked Cowboy (Video) 1.1 mb
Wednesday 20 February 2002
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
Bang-a-Gong-Pilsen (video) 2.2 mb
Tuesday 14 August 2001
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
Do Nothing-Chicago TV (video) 3.6 mb
Friday 16 March 2001
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
Al Capone (audio) 1.5 mb
Sunday 25 June 2000
Here’s my solo version of the Prince Buster classic. I play drums, bass, guitar, piano, 3-trumpets, clarinet and Stranierofono.
The Straniero Blues (audio) 2.4 mb
Thursday 26 March 1998
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
Fronni D’Alia (audio) 1.9 mb
Thursday 26 March 1998
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
Solletico (RAI1) (video) 3.9 mb
Friday 25 April 1997
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
Cut White Stuff (audio) 2 mb
Sunday 17 July 1994
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
Cut White Stuff (Video) 4 mb
Tues. June 5th, 2005
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
Holidays (Video) 4.2 mb
Tues. June 5th, 2005
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
Fish (Video) 4 mb
Tues. June 5th, 2005
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
Big Brother (Video) 4.7 mb
Tues. June 5th, 2005
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
Cock-n-Bull Story (Music Video) 6.8 mb
Tues. Apr. 5th, 2005
This song does not feature me playing, but I made the video. The band is Ooh Sticky, which is the Denmark line-up of Ooooh Sticky and the Greasy Pigs featuring only Tam Lawrence of the original line-
Fish (audio) 2.2 mb
Sunday 20 March 1994
Here’s a fun ska number for all you beach bums out there! I wrote this with Jim Abrams in Chicago back in 1987.
Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs recorded this track in Copenhagen live in the studio
Bob (Video) 4.6 mb
Saturday 19 March 1994
Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-Recorded over several years in Ferrara, Tuscany and Christiania this video shows us at our acoustically violent best!
Note: I spent 4 days on the computer to do the
Piles (Video) 2.1 mb
Saturday 11 September 1993
Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-This video was made by the festival. It’s not bad, but they edited out the part where we all stop playing and cry of the loss of our brother who succumbed to his
Chicken Shack (video) 5.4 mb
Tuesday 16 June 1992
Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-This is one of Tam’s great country songs. The song’s called Chicken Shack and it’s recorded in a real chicken shack on a farm in Tuscany. There’s lot’s of video
Angry (Video) 8.6 mb
Monday 16 March 1992
Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-Recorded over several years in Ferrara, Tuscany, Ostia, Prague and Christiania this is my favorite Greasy Pigs video! It shows us at our best!
Special Guest Pig: Oren
Marlboro Man (audio) 2.3 mb
Saturday July 23rd 1994
This is probably my favorite song that I ever wrote. I remember writing it on the boat to Calais as I was being deported from England (for being a busker!). It’s a great song for anybody who’s
Tummy Farts (video) 536 kb
Saturday March 25th 2004
The best way to make a baby laugh has always been, and will always be farting on her stomach, no?
Smart Girl (audio) 1.8 mb
Sunday March 26th 2007
This is just my first experiment with GarageBand. It’s a song I wrote in 1987 with Jim Abrams in Chicago. I used to do it with Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs too.
Walkin’ Spanish (audio) 1.7 mb
Saturday March 25th 2006
Here’s a song from my “just bass-n-voice” show, Mr. Boom Boom Boom. It’s just bass-n-voice-n-minor harmonica-n-kazoo!
King of the Road (audio) 1.1 mb
Saturday March 25th 2006
Here’s a song from my “just bass-n-voice” show, Mr. Boom Boom Boom. It’s a travelin’ song if there ever was one!
Hey-Ya (video) 5.5 mb
Wednesday July 22nd 2004
How much energy does a two year old have? Here’s Gaia as soon as she started walking. She runs here, she runs there, she runs back and she runs forth and all in time streaking with the music!
Pizzu Food (video) 1.9 mb
Wednesday March 26th 2004
When she was small Gaia always laughed her head off whenever she saw our dog Pizzu eat. This video is really cute! She can’t make up her mind to give it to the dog or eat it herself!
Bimba Dance (video) 672 kb
Wednesday March 22nd 2004
This was just a little gag that I did in After Effects when Gaia was 6 months old. She’s actually lying down on a blue sheet on the concrete in front of our house. It’s funny that now that she’s 3
Uuanema Band (video) 6.5 mb
Wednesday Feb. 1st 2005
Nasce dall' incontro di due musicisti, o meglio due uomo orchestra, Uno parte-nopeo e l'altro parte americano.
La loro esperienza individuale È decennale e molto conosciuta in Europa e all'
Rockin’ Out With Gaia (video) 2.7 mb
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Gaia’s really starting to rock out! Here’s me and Gaia (age 3) singing Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds. Note her amazing solo on the Mandobird (mini electric guitar with distortion).
Bimba Can-Can (video) 924 kb
Sunday Feb. 5th, 2007
Gaia dances her heart out here in her mother’s old can-can dress at age 3 with no formal training! She blows me away! Too bad that I recorded it at such low resolution!
Carnival Floats in Italy (video) 2.4 mb
Saturday, Feb. 20th, 2007
This is just a little video to show some of the great paper maché floats that they made for the carnival in Putignano.
Special thanks to Lionel for taking us!
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