Hoosier Hot Shots - "Indies to the Andes In His Undies"

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Comment by Marvin P. Goldstein on November 25, 2008 at 9:57am

http://www.hezzie.com/hhs/
go here a great site on these guys!

Comment by David Schlabach on November 25, 2008 at 9:40am

The story of the Hoosier Hot Shots begins in the first years of the 20th century on the Trietsch family farm near Arcadia, Indiana, about 20 miles north of Indianapolis. The Trietsch family grew to be one of four girls and five boys, two of which -- Kenneth and Paul -- were to become the nucleus of the Hotshots.

Growing up in rural Indiana and aided by the example of a banjo-playing father, Kenneth, Paul and the other Trietsch children developed a keen interest in music and developed their various talents. An ensemble featuring father and sons toured the American and Canadian vaudeville circuit for several years. After the family act broke up, Ken and Paul went to work with another vaudeville group called Ezra Buzzington's Rube Band. It was while touring with the Rube Band that they met another Hoosier, Charles Otto Ward, known to his audiences as Gabriel Hawkins. "Gabe" became the third Hot Shot.

When the crash of '29 effectively ended vaudeville they, like other vaudevillians, looked to radio and landed a job at WOWO in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. One day they arrived late for a performance and the announcer greeted them with "Hey, you Hoosier hot shots, get in here!", and the name stuck.

Comment by dreamwheasler on November 25, 2008 at 2:31am

". . .they didn't fit him well they were his aunties"
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
that's zany

Comment by Bill Zink on November 22, 2008 at 9:57pm

GENIUS! These guys are fantastic. Brilliant musicians, serious chops.

Somebody really should endeavor to release some cleaned up video and audio of this group. There was a Columbia Country Classics mid-line CD comp release years ago, but now it's out of print. This band really deserves the deluxe treatment.

Also, I may be wrong, but didn't they do a Western with the 3 Stooges?