In the annals of pop music history, few groups are as enigmatic (or non-existent) as The Flying Mobilemouth Brothers. They are only whispered about in hushed, possibly reverent tones by just a few people.Their only performance is said to have been on The Ed Sullivan Show in support of The Pizza Spins.
Their names might have been Ken Thomas and Rod Harry--the birth records were damaged and are barely legible. Rumor has it that they formed a band called Tom and Harry Without Dick, but no recordings have ever been found-- not even the 3" reel-to-reel demos--the "Holy Grail" tapes that Mobilemouth scholars debate the existence of on internet forums to this very day.
Photos of the duo are exceedingly rare, even the ones displayed here cannot be confirmed to actually be of the pair in question. They were known for their eclectic dress, though; sometimes flowery, sometimes utilitarian. Sometimes they looked as though they had just emerged from a pile of goo.
Even the origin of the name remains shrouded in mystery. We here at TSG can only wonder what might have been, whether the two might have gone on to superstardom and multi-night sold out gigs. Oh, if things had only been a little different! Nevertheless, we salute the brothers Mobilemouth...wherever they may or may not be.
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OMG!!!
LMAO!!!
Nice to see a couple of hits now when I do google vanity searches...THX!
You know what the hardest part of this post was? Finding those damn photos! I knew I had them someplace in "the archives", but it took me almost 3 hours of searching to dig them up.
ps: Sorry I missed your phone call last night. I'm glad that I was able to provide some mid-week yucks. I would have called back, but, unlike the photos, I was unable to locate your phone number.
My goodness! It appears that Rod Harry of the Flying Mobilemouth Brothers found himself at TSG!
Well, good. It's a shame there's so little to find out there when surfing for the Brothers. I took a look at Wikipedia, for example, and it's just a crying shame! "Magic" has truly passed from our times, it seems.
As for digging through your archives, Willard, I harbor, instead of sympathy, ANTICIPATION! My immediate hope is that you discovered weeks worth of future postings!
You know, Rod (or is it Ken?) looks just a bit like a "Roger."
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfAq6JeIF5Y
Oh my . . .
OK, that was . . .
Well, I never . . .
Right. Well then . . .
Baaahahahahhaha!!!
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