Shortnin' Bread

Video and Photographs of Shortnin' Bread

from Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long

as performed by yours truly

Follow this link for video

https://vimeo.com/98159334

Video by Character Generators

"Three little children lyin' in bed"

"Two are sick and the other 'most dead"

"Sent for the doctor, doctor said 'feed these children..."

"Old Bob Bruder and a rocket named Ned..."

"Butch the robber, smart in the head..."

"When the cops came, they caught them and read..."

"Looked in his loot bag and one of 'em said..."

Chorus

"A hungry man came home and fed, found his woman sleepin' in bed..."

"Wanted to shoot her full of lead, but they both ended up eatin'..."

Chorus 

"Whole world's sick or haven't you read..."

"Cause all the politician's are hot in the head..."

Chorus

Chorus ad infinitum...

Photos

© Richard Termine

Introduction and Lonesome Road

Video and Photographs from

Introduction and Lonesome Road

from Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long!

as performed by yours truely 

at Labapalooza! at St. Ann's Warehouse

Click the link to see the video 

https://vimeo.com/98084233

Video by Character Generators

                                Introduction                         

"...The Kim Sisters, I love you. Betty Grable, I love you too..."

"....Buddy Hackett, you're gonna get it too...

"...George Madsen, I love you too. Mitzi Gaynor, I love you too..."

"... on bongos., George Acevedo..lemme hear it for George..."

                     Lonesome Road

"...walkin' down Ray Charles Road..."

"...before Gabriel blows his horn..."

"...Stan Levey's  Road...Joel Friend's Road..."

"...look up, look up, see Betty Grable..."

"...Buddy Hackett's Road..."

Lonesome Road with Betty Grable and angels

"...before Gabriel blows it's horn..." 

"...one more time,,,"

"He blows his horn!"

All photos © Richard Termine

Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long as part of Labapalooza at St Ann's Warehouse

From May 29th to June 1st I performed three numbers, 

Lonesome Road, Shortnin' Bread and Skip to my Lou

from a current work entitled 

Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long

as part of Labapalooza, a festival of new puppet theater

Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long is based on the 1957 jazz/folk album Frances Fay­e Sings Folk Songs. With songs sung and swung in Faye's indelible style, including her alternative lyrics and comedic banter, this work for object theater sets such classics asLonesome Road, Skip to my Lou and Shortnin' Bread in motion, through a combination of animated text, bold visuals and D.I.Y chutzpah. 

See the following posts for images from each of these works 

Performance photos and video excerpts to be posted soon

Skip to my Lou from Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long

Skip to my Lou in development

Lots of options

Paper muscle man

Paper muscle man

Paper muscle man

In a row

Disappearing

Men on a spindle

Men on a spindle

The structure Skip to my Lou machine

Skip to my Lou machine with spinning SKIP

Spinning SKIP and TO MY LOVE on a pull string

Spinning paper muscle men

Skip to My Lou machine at St Ann's Warehouse

Reverse side of the machine
Nicoletta Pizza is my favorite
excellent crust

Conveyor belts delivering sheets of paper muscle men

Reverse side with 2nd lyric

Shortnin' Bread from Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long

Shortnin Bread with assembled characters

Close up on characters mentioned in song

Shortnin' Bread with Chorus

Intorduction and Lonesome Road from Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long

Toy Theater Curtains

All the gang mentioned in the introduction

Some of the below stage mechanics

Ray Charles on the Lonesome Road with angels

Betty Grable, Buddy Hackett

Gabriel blowing his horn accompanied on sax

Gabriel on Sax

Betty Grable, Stan Levey and Angels

Lonesome Road with Clouds

The mechanics of the Lonesome Road 

Lonesome Road front view

Lonesome Road with Angels

Lonesome Road full view

Frances Faye's Folk Song Sing-A-Long at Labapalooza at St Ann's Warehouse

For Tickets and More Information Visit

www.stannswarehouse.org/current_season.php?show_id=91