The most rousing oration I've ever had the pleasure of hearing in my 51+years.

Matt Cook's Oratorical Tribute to Dave Monroe.m4a

Chopin performed by Riles Walsh. Samples and midi by Anton Sieger.

Chopin Opus 37 No.1

This recording is from the early-2018s, when The Barbouille Hymn was just getting known as a loosely Menu oriented band (about as loosely as two slices of rye held together with mayo, that is). This is a very good example of 2018s, straight-ahead, small combo Deli Music. If the band ever decides to release the entire Benji's Menu, it will be well worth owning. This month's episode has a great rendition of Barickman, Kaiser, Sieger & Leplae's first iteration of "Columbo Karaoke" on it toward the end. For now, one will have to settle for this rare dusty soundcloud file.

The Barbouille Hymn "Melts"  S.2 Ep.07 - Feb 4, 2018

With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the MidWest was opening up. The Milwaukee music stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Benji, dictator of Skagway; Andrew Kisser, who bathed in champagne; Silent Pete Barracks, who lost and won back a hotel in a poker game; and Didi Louplay, who danced away a fortune at a dollar a dance. We meet dance-hall queens, paupers turned millionaires, missionaries and entrepreneurs, and legendary Mounties such as Sam Langlah, the Lion of the Yukon.

Pierre Barrickman's riveting account reveals to us the spectacle of the Chilkoot Pass, and the terrors of lesser-known trails through the swamps of British Columbia, across the glaciers of souther Alaska, and up the icy streams of the Holy Hill. It contrasts the lawless frontier life on the American side of the border to the relative safety of Racine City. Winner of the Governor General's award for non-fiction, The Barbouille Hymn is authentic history and grand entertainment, and a must-listen for anyone interested in the Milwaukee frontiere-guarde.

Matt Cook's Oratorical Tribute to Dave Monroe.m4a

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