"I'd Gladly Marry You, Aggie" b/w "Twice Nightly"

"I'd Gladly Marry You, Aggie" b/w "Twice Nightly"

Serene Dominic & the Semi-Detached
WOE 46 (WorryBird Disk)
released early 1997
7 inch-single

all songs written by VIC MASTERS

Serene's teary coda to his misunderstood vaudeville period. Oddly enough, neither song on this single actually resides on the Heathens of Vaudeville CD, although "Twice Nightly" was originally intended for it and sat between "Delores" and "Unreal Man" before being excised from the final running order. A rough mix of the album reveals a troublesome original vocal track which alternated between full throated call and falsetto response, the results sounding very much like a winded Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald duet. Thankfully, a new vocal track was recorded in November, 1996 at the Onederground Studios.

For a time, Serene and the boys hosted a Trash 'N' Vaudeville Night at Nita's Hideaway every Sunday night just like Ed Sullivan. Needing an opening theme for the show, the Morose One penned "Aggie" after reading George Burns' book about Gracie Allen and their whirlwind courtship. Since Serene's mother is named Grace, he went with another suitably old-fashioned name. The tap dancing heard at the end of the song comes courtesy of The Lawrence Welk Show. Co-producer and Zen Lunatics founder Terry Garvin is a Welk fanatic and has taped countless hours of Welk programs. This particular one had the show's token Negro, Arthur Duncan, tapdancing on a raft drifting out to sea! Back to Africa was never like this!

To order this single, send $3 to: Worrybird Disk P.O.Box 95485 Atlanta, GA 30347

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