October 6, 2015
I decided that I should have an instrumental record in my
collection. I loved a lot of
instrumentals during the 60s. Remember
Telstar, Classical Gas, Grazing in the Grass, Pipeline, Walk, Don’t Run, Green
Onions, The Stripper, Taste of Honey, Yellow Bird, Hawaii Five-O and so many
others. I decided to do Green
Onions. I had a vision of a row of green
onions in a chorus line doing a can-can.
I could not find fake green onions locally, but I saw a set of five on
eBay and bought them. When they came I
was very disappointed. They were
papier-mâché—even the green stems which were bent and cracked. They also had unattractive little strings
hanging down like a strange beard. So
there will be no green onion chorus line—at least not for this show. Then Sirius 60s played Baby Elephant Walk—a
song that I had forgotten, by Henry Mancini.
So I made a 12” x 12” baby elephant scene. I bet you have to play this recording when
you come to the gallery, it is not one that we remember.
