Very few people are aware of the recordings of the "Singing Priest" Frere Sourise.

Born Jacques Galoshes in Saint Cuspidor, France, he left a promising career as a cheese fermenter, to join the obscure order of "Les Freres Grimm". These Monks became notorious for their nasty attitudes, perpetual frowns, inability to grow their own vegetables, and unwillingness to help Sidney Poitier whenever he passed through their village.

In 1967 Frere Sourise, was ordered by his order to go to town and trade three cows for a Television set, an early gerbil-powered VCR, and the complete works on film of Jerry lewis. Always the contrarian, he instead returned to the Monastary with a Fender Telecaster and Marshall stack. It wasn't a bad deal, though, as he only traded ONE of the cows for this outfit. Unfortunately both of the other cows died of exhaustion, pulling the amps up the hill.

In an effort to recoup their losses the Monastary formed France's first Black "Doo-wap" group. Their initial release "Upside yo head, with my big French Bread" might have even hit the charts had the whole band not dropped dead during their first live appearance. It seems the dye used to paint Frere Sourise and his band, black, was toxic.

Yup, just another footnote in the history of "one hit" artists. I'm told that Justa Picker is now bidding on that famous Telecaster on E-Bay.

Cheers

Rick