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Subject: Name for a duo? From: Dunc Date: 17 Apr 01 - 04:02 AM I've teamed up with my oldest friend to write and perform a few songs and we are looking for an inspirational name. His name is Stan Ginter and mine is Duncan. McNab. Even though we have been best pals for getting on 30 years now, and have written songs and performed individually throughout that time, this is the first time we have got together as a duo to sing and to write songs. Stan is not that tall, has long white hair and a large greyish beard. Some would say he looked like a cross between Geronimo x Gandolff x Father Christmas. I on the other hand wear specs and have short brown hair (with a small crop circle on top). I also have a beard with a grey area starting at my chin and rapidly spreading towards my ears. We are open to all suggestions.... |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: caz2ufolk Date: 17 Apr 01 - 06:47 AM keep it simple ' Ginter & McNab ' or 'McNab and Ginter' |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: black walnut Date: 17 Apr 01 - 07:33 AM We've been doing the same thing. We came up with 8 1/2 pages of creative names for our duo. Couldn't agree on any of them. We're back to our real names. Now we can't agree on the order of them. Oy. ~b.w. |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: MMario Date: 17 Apr 01 - 08:25 AM Indecision
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST,Sam Pirt Date: 17 Apr 01 - 08:41 AM Hi I am in a duo with David wood who plays guitar and I play accordion, so we called ourselves 'AAAAG' which is short for 'An Accordion And A Guitar' Cheers, Sam |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Bernard Date: 17 Apr 01 - 08:49 AM Foggy Duo |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST,Captain Swing Date: 17 Apr 01 - 09:14 AM There used to be a duo called The Foggy Duo in the UK in the 70s. They later shotened it to Foggy. Anyway, how about Suffolk 'n' Watt? |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 17 Apr 01 - 09:53 AM THere is a technological device to decide the order of the two personal names for a duo. It's called a quarter. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST,Rana Date: 17 Apr 01 - 10:35 AM Me and Him or Him and Me |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Bernard Date: 17 Apr 01 - 11:34 AM Norfolk and Good |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Bardford Date: 17 Apr 01 - 11:53 AM I collected this one from one of those Band-Name Generators you can find on the net. I thought it might work quite handsomely for our Cape-Breton/Celtic/fiddle/guitar/bodhran threesome, but we came up with another name, so you're welcome to this one: The Barnacle Quintet Cheers, Bardford |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: paddymac Date: 17 Apr 01 - 12:22 PM Well, "Click & Clack" is already taken, but you gotta admire its originality. How 'bout something like "Dunstan" or some variant on it. Then again, if humor is of interest, try "Acoof" (a couple of old farts). You might find something in the type of material you do. Damned if I know why picking a name always seems to be such a chore, but it is. Good luck. Dang. I just mis-typed "luck" as "lick", which brought to mind a possible name - "Hot Licks". |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: LR Mole Date: 17 Apr 01 - 12:27 PM Stand and Deliver. Cheese and Chalk. Cherubim and Seraphim. Rickets and Yaws.Touch and Go. Franks and Beans.Fork and Spoon. Drawne and Quarterd. Hornblower and Hotspur. Soup and Sandwich. Packup and Split. |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST,Rana Date: 17 Apr 01 - 01:13 PM Bill and Ben Could do some "flower" stuff - probably only the Brits will recognise this. Another blue clicky (I'm getting adept at this!). Cheers Rana |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Don Firth Date: 17 Apr 01 - 02:38 PM When Bob (Deckman) Nelson and I formed a duo way back in the mists of antiquity, we felt we needed some kind of name, and since we sang a lot of sea songs and hailed from the Pacific Northwest, we decided to call ourselves "The Nor'westers." We thought it was positively brilliant -- until we saw it on a poster for an upcoming concert. Suddenly it was almost embarrassing. We let it go and just didn't use it after the concert. Since we were singing together three nights a week and doing concerts from time to time, we were becoming fairly well-known around here. We let the whole idea of picking some eye-catching, ear-teasing moniker drop and just let people decide what they wanted to call us. It came out to be various permutations of "Don Firth and Bob Nelson" or "Bob Nelson and Don Firth," and eventually became "Don and Bob" or "Bob and Don." That seemed to work okay for us. There was a duo around here that formed sometime after we did, composed of Mike Neun and Brian Bressler. Both of them had a ninety degree out, off-the-wall sense of humor and they did a lot of really hilarious comedy stuff. They billed themselves as "Mike and Brian: An Act as Exciting as Its Name." I always kind of liked that. Brian joined the cast of "Laugh-In" in 1972, and I don't know where he is these days, but Mike is still out and around (I think he works out of Spokane, WA, but I'm not sure), doing occasional TV shows and concertizing: 12-string guitar, writes his own songs, and keeps his audiences rolling in the aisles with his gloriously insane humor (e.g.: "I think that people with multiple personalities should share them with those who don't have any."). I'm just dithering. Don't know if any of this helps, but I think opting for simplicity is usually a pretty good idea. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 17 Apr 01 - 02:43 PM windswept & interesting |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 17 Apr 01 - 02:53 PM Okay, I guess I'll be the one to ask what may be a stupid question: What was wrong with "The Nor'westers"??? Have I missed something? Sounds like a good name to me. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Don Firth Date: 17 Apr 01 - 05:42 PM Bit of historical thread creep, but to answer Dave's question, I think timing had a lot to do with it. I was singing at a coffeehouse (regularly employed and actually paid) in Seattle early in 1959. Bob started dropping in and I'd ask him to do a guest set or two. Over a couple of weeks this evolved into Bob and me swapping songs in front of the audience, then, for kicks, we tried a couple of duets. The audience loved it and begged for more, so we figured, what the heck. We started singing together regularly, and subsequently got asked to do concerts at Seattle University, Grays Harbor College, and the University of Washington, then a TV show. It looked like we had something pretty good going. Contemporaneously, the Kingston Trio had just burst on the scene. Both Bob and I had been playing guitar and singing folk songs before the members of the Kingston Trio met, and what we were doing had nothing to do with the Kingston Trio. We would have sung together whether the KT existed or not. But of course, the immediate popularity of the KT certainly didn't hurt us when it came to getting gigs. What was the problem was that the KT immediately spawned a horde of imitations in every university frat house and high school. Forming a "folk music group" a la the KT was suddenly in!. All of these groups chose incredibly cutsy-poo names (the Steel-Drivers, the Pioneers, the Spinners, etc, etc, ad nauseum). No matter how ill-prepared they were -- most of them had been playing together for only a couple of weeks, were just learning to play their instruments, and getting all their songs from KT records -- they were running around looking for singing jobs! A few turned out to be pretty good (e.g., The Brothers Four), but most of them were incredibly bad. Bob and I, feeling that we needed a name too, groped around and settled on "The Nor'westers." But after seeing the first concert poster to use the name, we suddenly felt that it put us into the same pot as this bunch of newcomers. By now, we were already known as "Bob and Don" or Don and Bob" -- just a couple of guys who sang together -- and people who knew us that way might not know who "The Nor'westers were." So we dropped it. Actually, it was a perfectly good name. If Bob and I ever decide to fold up our lap-robes, wipe the Geritol stains off our chins, and totter out on stage again, we might just use it. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Justa Picker Date: 17 Apr 01 - 06:42 PM Square Pegs. |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Bernard Date: 17 Apr 01 - 07:19 PM Dunstan Macter |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Mr Red Date: 17 Apr 01 - 07:29 PM Dunc
Dunc 'n Donuts |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Dunc Date: 18 Apr 01 - 07:59 AM Well.... What can I say.... I'm glad its not just me who finds picking a name an impossible task. At the moment, I like LR Mole's idea of 'Stan & Deliver'. I guess we have to make sure we have some good material written, and are able to perform it well enough to warrant giving ourselves a name in the first place. |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST Date: 18 Apr 01 - 11:58 AM McStan Dunstan |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: black walnut Date: 18 Apr 01 - 03:38 PM Me and Him. Him and Me. I'm laughing, Rana. Sounds like hotel towels. ~b.w.
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Jimmy C Date: 18 Apr 01 - 03:49 PM What about something like " Gincan", the first 3 letters of his surname and the last three letters of your first name. |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Bernard Date: 18 Apr 01 - 05:18 PM As it 'appens, I occasionally function as one half of a duo called 'Me an'im' - so it's bin done!! |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Ebbie Date: 18 Apr 01 - 06:03 PM Question/Answer Ying/Yang Plumbing/Heating Bad Guy/Good Guy Us'n's Dual Feature We Appears A Jury of your Peers ...
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Armen Tanzerian Date: 18 Apr 01 - 06:27 PM The Wiernot Brothers (I always wanted to use that one...) |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST,Sarah (at work) Date: 18 Apr 01 - 07:50 PM If I could just toss in a caveat, here: You might want to be sure your duo name allows for expansion, in case you want to take on another musician some day. Remember the Kingston Trio, who were often a quartet...Ergo, "The Bedlam Brothers" allows for becoming a trio or whatever, "The Bedlam Twins" doesn't. Just a thought before taking my medication. Sarah |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Dunc Date: 19 Apr 01 - 02:48 AM I'm adding Windswept & Interesting to the list of contenders :-) The Wiernot Brothers is in with a shout as well. This is great fun - its like having an extended brain - getting everyone else to do the thinking for you. Thanks for all the effort folks. Dunc |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: black walnut Date: 19 Apr 01 - 08:33 AM But you've taken it to the poetic, Bernard! ~b.w. |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST,UB Dan Date: 19 Apr 01 - 09:20 AM Duo Denum or maybe Duo Denim ...depending on digestion and dress |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Firecat Date: 19 Apr 01 - 01:28 PM Terrible Two? Dangerous Duo? Gin & Tonic?? |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: GUEST,#1 Date: 19 Apr 01 - 01:32 PM Find someone else that you can get along with either, and call it Troika. |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: gnu Date: 19 Apr 01 - 01:39 PM Sarah said... Just a thought before taking my medication. A1 !!! Thanks. My system needed the endorphins. Much better than medication !!!
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: Bert Date: 19 Apr 01 - 01:41 PM Just take the first two and last two letters of " Stan Ginter and mine is Duncan. McNab" and call yourselves "STAB" |
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Subject: RE: Name for a duo? From: black walnut Date: 19 Apr 01 - 02:12 PM You've definitely got a point there, bert. ~b.w. |
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