Fibonaccis - Civilization and Its Discotheques

From the original Blue Yonder Sounds press release 11/12/1987:

Suppose Nino Rota got drunk with John Phillip Sousa in the back room of a Hollywood soundstage. Suppose they're joined by a couple of organ grinders from a failed travelling acrobatics troupe. Suppose they pick up an Asian chanteuse at the corner dive, and together stagger home to drink, sing, and dance till the light of dawn.

The music produced from such a meeting of the minds (or mindless) might describe Fibonaccis, a headshrinkin' espresso-fueled ensemble equal parts Berlin cabaret, Sicilian dirge, and hip-shakin' Watusi mating ritual.

Hard to label? Yep.
Hard to enjoy? Never!
One sip of their intoxicating brew and pop will never taste the same.

Fibonaccis, who swiped their name from a thirteenth-century Italian mathemetician, consist of almond-eyed siren Magie Song on vocals, Professor John Dentino on keyboards, bassist Tom Corey, trapeze artist-turned-drummer Joseph Berardi, and the inimitable guitarist Ron Stringer, also known as "Swamp Nymph" in the shadowy underworld of circus contortionists. They combine their disparate exotic tastes into an act of musical chicanery, pleasing but deceiving to the eye and ear.

Make no mistake, this is no ordinary sideshow-barking gang of geeks. This is a band with entrails. So cross your fingers and close your eyes. And maybe, just maybe, the Fibonaccis' travelling carnival will take the detour to your town, and hold you open-mouthed and spellbound with their spritely tales and twisted oompahpah.

Liner Notes

Fibonaccis are:

John Dentino - piano, mellotron, synthesizers, vocoder
Magie Song - vocals
Ron Stringer - guitar and vocals
Tom Corey - bass, mandolin, megalyra, guitar, slide guitar

Additional musicians:

Bill Rhea - violin on "Old Mean Ed Gein" and "Some Men"
Stan Ridgway - harmonica on "Old Mean Ed Gein"
Lynn Johnston - bass clarinet, oboe on "Medicine Waltz"
Mike Price - trumpet, "Medicine Waltz"
Bill Roper - tuba, "Medicine Waltz"
Bruce Fowler - trombone (and co-arranger of horns with Dentino) on "Medicine Waltz"

Released October, 1987

Produced and arranged by Fibonaccis
Engineered by Steve Sharp and Charles Ramirez
Executive Dude: Randal Johnson

Recorded at Juniper Studios, Burbank, CA and Casbah Studios, Fullerton, CA
Mixed at Juniper
Mastered by Jeff Sanders at KM Records, Burbank

Cover painting by Ed Nunnery
Album graphics/design by Suzy Beal