Faux Frenchmen Video

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update 6/2/2024: this was imported from a blog I kept on the University of Cincinnati home page service that they offered to students. Its’ been removed now, how rude, but lucky for me the web archive captured a single snapshot.

video is gone now, but there are a bunch of others on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5pWbuYuys

Found this on Youtube and wanted to share it. I blogged about them earlier this month, but now you can see for yourself what all of the fuss is about.

I love the amount of expression the guy has when he is playing the violin. All of the players seem to be enjoying what they are doing, but the violin player is simply phenomenal. People always look at me funny when I get into my bass playing. On certain songs I get into a sort of trance, I am in my own little world that is filled with beautiful music.

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