Ian Whitcomb - The Foremost Ukulele, Ragtime, and Tin Pan Alley Recording Artist

America's Foremost Tin-Pan Alley Man,
Ukulele Virtuoso,
and Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist

THE IAN WHITCOMB SHOW RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES!!
This Sunday, and Every Sunday

THE IAN WHITCOMB SHOW MOVES TO XM CHANNEL 152 THIS SUNDAY

LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2011 - Premiere Networks announced that beginning April 3, The Ian Whitcomb Show will move to Extreme Talk - XM Channel 152 and will now air from 6 - 7 p.m. ET. The Sunday program launched by Premiere Networks last fall previously aired from 9 - 10 a.m. ET on Music Summit - XM Channel 24.

This Sunday, British Invasion veteran and music historian Ian Whitcomb will share a special “Parade of the Faves” to introduce new listeners to the program. The Ian Whitcomb Show features an eclectic and exciting mix of American and British popular songs ranging from Tin Pan Alley Ragtime, through 1920s crooners and dance bands, to 1950s rock and roll. This music-intensive program also features Whitcomb’s fascinating stories behind the music, the circumstances surrounding their composition and their noteworthy instrumentations.

Download the show:

http://icode.se/errorfm/podcast.php?http://s273998253.onlinehome.us/bfunk/pod/index.php?dir=IanWhitcomb

Listen with iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ian-whitcomb/id416686924

JUST ADDED!

KTHO Radio (K-Tahoe) has picked up Ian's XM Radio Show and are broadcasting it and streaming it on 8 AM Saturdays.
Here's the link:

www.kthoradio.com

Ian plays Bulldog Drummond in the brilliantly produced, "Bulldog Drummond." The entire cast is fabulous. The script is intelligent and very clever.
Think 1930s/40s radio drama. It's a 5 hour adventure serial. Gosh, it's good.
Give a listen ...

http://www.PulpRadio.net/BulldogDrummond.html

Ian's book "Letters From Lotusland" now available at amazon.com

Click on image to see full size cover

Go to youtube.com and search for Ian Whitcomb and see lots and lots of great video!

Ian's Vintage Dance Bands are for hire!
Ian runs two very successful bands that perform at public events, such as the annual concerts at the Workman & Temple Homestead and the vaudeville shows at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, as well as the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena. They can be heard, too, on the soundtrack of several current movies, available on DVD: "The Cat's Meow", "Stanley's Gig" and "Last Call", for example.
But most of their work is at private functions: parties, anniversaries, etc. The bands-- the five piece combo of Ian Whitcomb & His Bungalow Boys and the ten piece Ian Whitcomb & His Dance Band, play for listening enjoyment and for dancing. Ian's ensembles, comprising accordion, ukulele, banjo, slide guitar, violin, sax and horn sections, xylophone, piano, bass and drums, are the only ones in California playing specifically for dancers: waltzes, tangos, foxtrots, one steps, two steps and even early rock & roll. There are plenty of other bands around specializing in period music ( mostly 1930s/40s swing) but they are playing jazz , generally for their own pleasure and that of a few buffs. Ian's bands are practical bands for dancing and active listening. Ian encompasses all of pop music from ragtime to rock--there's nobody else like him or with his credentials: hit records, a Grammy, a raft of history books. E-mail and reserve the ensemble of your needs for your special function.
E-mail: Ianwhitcomb1@aol.com. Very reasonable and flexible prices.
For samples of his music go to the CD section on this site and
look up the CDs that are listed as featuring The Bungalow Boys and/or the Dance Band.

CELEBRATING THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF IAN WHITCOMB ON THE BILLBOARD CHART!
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"Turned On Alley" - The First DVD from Ian Whitcomb and the Bungalow Boys!
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"Lotusland"
SPECIAL OFFER! A BRAND NEW (SIGNED) PAPERBACK REPRINT OF IAN'S
ONE AND ONLY NOVEL-----"LOTUSLAND--A STORY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA"!
This novel was originally published in 1979, and only in Britain. There are only a half dozen hardbacks left and so Ian has had a paperback made. You can only buy this from Picklehead---and it is signed! So you can sell it on e-bay for twice the price!! Our price, incidentally, is $20, and that includes postage.

ORDER THIS BOOK!

Read about Ian and his life in a February, 2002 article in LA Weekly. Click here.

THE IAN WHITCOMB SHOW RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES!! This Sunday, and Every Sunday

THE IAN WHITCOMB SHOW RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES!!
This Sunday, and Every Sunday