What kind of music does Dutch Falconi play?
That’s a toughie. If you really want to know you should buy the CD, eh? In the beginning, Dutch and Gizmo Avery wrote some very interesting and complex tunes, full of tempo and key changes. They were designed with theatrics in mind. Sweet Dreams, Icicle World, Around the Block, Infant Dalmations, the Tango Medley and Dr. Rhubarb are good examples of these. As new members joined, they would bring their own influences with them, and the show started taking on more of that big band swing sound. Royal Crown Revue played on the same bill as Falconi when they stopped in Sacto, and inspired several members to write jumpers for Falconi. Louis Prima also became a big influence as the band started shifting from theatrics to music you can swing by. This was back in the early Nineties. The band eventually settled into it present mode of being a collage of different sounds and styles. You will get Dutch’s tribute to Klezmer one minute, a hot jumper the next, followed by a sultry ballad, some kind o
