Podcasting “StranieroVision “ & “Radio Guaglione!”

In November of 2006 I went to the Daidogei Buskers World Cup in Shizuoka, Japan. I really enjoyed getting to play on the other side of the world. Just for the festival, I learned to sing a song in Jap

I made this TV spot for a Japanese chain of Pachinko parlors called Meiho group. They were filmed in Milan inside of the Teatro Litta. It was a really fun experience! The song I wrote myself for the

I made this TV spot for a Japanese chain of Pachinko parlors called Meiho group. They were filmed in Milan inside of the Teatro Litta. It was a really fun experience! The instrument is the Stranierof

This video was recorded on the side of the famous Galleria Umberto in Naples, Italy as a trial for the Mehio Group Japanese TV ads. This instrument is Radio Guaglione, and is all acoustic except for t

This video was recorded on the side of the famous Galleria Umberto in Naples, Italy as a trial for the Mehio Group Japanese TV ads. This instrument is Radio Guaglione, and is all acoustic except for t

Goldfishbowl Eyes is a Greasy Pigs song written in 1991 by Tam & me. It’s one of my favorites. This version I recorded for the Pennabilli Artisti in Piazza CD from 2004. The first line of the son

When Tony Clifton Circus asked me to make their demo video for them I told them that they made me sick! But when they told me that they’d pay me I put aside my love affair with Barbie dolls and we mad

One of my many nicknames is the “Porta Portese Philharmonic Orchestra”. Here I am blasting through Rome’s biggest and most famous open air market at full volume early on a Sunday morning,

One of my many nicknames is the “Porta Portese Philharmonic Orchestra”. Here I am blasting through Rome’s biggest and most famous open air market at full volume early on a Sunday morning,

This video is an excellent representation of various street artists in Italy. My wife Emanuela Ambrosino and I did all of the shooting and editing. I’ve broken it into three parts because it’s long. T

This video is an excellent representation of various street artists in Italy. My wife Emanuela Ambrosino and I did all of the shooting and editing. I’ve broken it into three parts because it’s long. T

This video is an excellent representation of various street artists in Italy. My wife Emanuela Ambrosino and I did all of the shooting and editing. I’ve broken it into three parts because it’s long. T

When I made this video on our vacation to New Orleans, I had no idea how famous this guy is. Now I’ve seen him on TV and in Magazines all over the world. My wife’s convinced that he’d become a star if

When I saw the neon and flashing lights of the rides that they had put up for the Fiesta del Sol in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, I knew it was the perfect place for me to make a video! As you can se

With images from Chicago’s WGN morning news and WTTW’s “Wild Chicago” here’s some classic video of the Straniero in action. Recorded at the Maxwell St. Market, Fiesta del Sol, the 24th St. Italian Fes

Here’s my solo version of the Prince Buster classic. I play drums, bass, guitar, piano, 3-trumpets, clarinet and Stranierofono.

I figured every good busker aught to have his own theme song, no? Mine’s in Italiano and English. It’s not the best recording in the world, but it was recorded on a very old cassette 4-track in a camp

This is an incredibly beautiful folk piece from the Basilicata region of Italy. It has 3 distinct parts the first is not actually folk, but written by clarinetist Nello Zanzara. The singing part is th

At the time, Solletico was Italy’s #1 children’s program. It was total chaos. I had no idea what was going on. They just dressed me as an angel and told me to get out there. An angel and his Straniero

Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs recorded this track in Copenhagen live in the studio less than two months before the big breakup in Ferrara (Before getting back together again some years later!) T

In June of 2005, Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs made a reunion gig at the Pennabilli Buskers Festival in Italy. After 12 years the original line-up all got together and as usual performed without

In June of 2005, Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs made a reunion gig at the Pennabilli Buskers Festival in Italy. After 12 years the original line-up all got together and as usual performed without

In June of 2005, Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs made a reunion gig at the Pennabilli Buskers Festival in Italy. After 12 years the original line-up all got together and as usual performed without

In June of 2005, Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs made a reunion gig at the Pennabilli Buskers Festival in Italy. After 12 years the original line-up all got together and as usual performed without

This song does not feature me playing, but I made the video. The band is Ooh Sticky, which is the Denmark line-up of Ooooh Sticky and the Greasy Pigs featuring only Tam Lawrence of the original line-u

Here’s a fun ska number for all you beach bums out there! I wrote this with Jim Abrams in Chicago back in 1987. Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs recorded this track in Copenhagen live in the studi

Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-Recorded over several years in Ferrara, Tuscany and Christiania this video shows us at our acoustically violent best! Note: I spent 4 days on the computer to do the

Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-This video was made by the festival. It’s not bad, but they edited out the part where we all stop playing and cry of the loss of our brother who succumbed to his hem

Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-This is one of Tam’s great country songs. The song’s called Chicken Shack and it’s recorded in a real chicken shack on a farm in Tuscany. There’s lot’s of video effe

Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs-Recorded over several years in Ferrara, Tuscany, Ostia, Prague and Christiania this is my favorite Greasy Pigs video! It shows us at our best! Special Guest Pig: Or

This is probably my favorite song that I ever wrote. I remember writing it on the boat to Calais as I was being deported from England (for being a busker!). It’s a great song for anybody who’s looking

The best way to make a baby laugh has always been, and will always be farting on her stomach, no?

This is just my first experiment with GarageBand. It’s a song I wrote in 1987 with Jim Abrams in Chicago. I used to do it with Ooooh Sticky & the Greasy Pigs too.

Here’s a song from my “just bass-n-voice” show, Mr. Boom Boom Boom. It’s just bass-n-voice-n-minor harmonica-n-kazoo!

Here’s a song from my “just bass-n-voice” show, Mr. Boom Boom Boom. It’s a travelin’ song if there ever was one!

How much energy does a two year old have? Here’s Gaia as soon as she started walking. She runs here, she runs there, she runs back and she runs forth and all in time streaking with the music!

When she was small Gaia always laughed her head off whenever she saw our dog Pizzu eat. This video is really cute! She can’t make up her mind to give it to the dog or eat it herself!

This was just a little gag that I did in After Effects when Gaia was 6 months old. She’s actually lying down on a blue sheet on the concrete in front of our house. It’s funny that now that she’s 3 yea

Nasce dall' incontro di due musicisti, o meglio due uomo orchestra, Uno parte-nopeo e l'altro parte americano. La loro esperienza individuale È decennale e molto conosciuta in Europa e all' estero.

Gaia’s really starting to rock out! Here’s me and Gaia (age 3) singing Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds. Note her amazing solo on the Mandobird (mini electric guitar with distortion).

Gaia dances her heart out here in her mother’s old can-can dress at age 3 with no formal training! She blows me away! Too bad that I recorded it at such low resolution!

This is just a little video to show some of the great paper maché floats that they made for the carnival in Putignano. Special thanks to Lionel for taking us!