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February 10, 2015 1:11 PM   Subscribe

A short documentary about Toshio Hirano, The Japanese Jimmy Rodgers.
posted by TheCoug (8 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Toshio! Is the best :)
posted by wemayfreeze at 1:16 PM on February 10, 2015 [1 favorite]


This guy is like the Bizzaro Flapjax at Midnight.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:12 PM on February 10, 2015 [1 favorite]


Thank you very much for bringing him to our attention.
posted by key_of_z at 3:11 PM on February 10, 2015


What a strange, obscure sliver of American musical history to obsess upon. But I'm glad he did...
posted by jim in austin at 7:29 PM on February 10, 2015


Well, I don't know that Hank Williams is exactly obscure, but...

I love Toshio. We played a few shows together back in the day and you couldn't ask for a more generous performer. He's just great.
posted by smartyboots at 10:28 PM on February 10, 2015 [1 favorite]


Well, I don't know that Hank Williams is exactly obscure, but...

I was actually thinking more of his initial interest in Jimmie Rodgers...
posted by jim in austin at 3:08 AM on February 11, 2015


His final show was a couple of days ago. Two sets, great crowd, it looked like he could go on for another three hours.
posted by cmastro at 12:49 PM on February 11, 2015


This sounds familiar.
posted by MtDewd at 12:53 PM on February 11, 2015


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