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Looking Back At: Felix Pehl and his Old Time Band
The music was sometimes called Oompah -the “oom” from the thumping cadence of the tuba rattling the air and the ‘pah” from the lilting tones of the trombones, trumpets and accordion jumping in on the offbeat. Not only could you hear the music a half-mile away, you could feel the deep notes of the tuba vibrate in your chest. And the music was surprisingly easy to dance to, even for a klutz with 2 left feet and the rhythm of a corpse.
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