AMERICA WAS HUNGRY FOR A SHOW!
During the golden age of the American Medicine Show (1870-1920), countless "Doctors of Medicine" loaded their wagons, assembled their entertainers, and set out over the American landscape to ply their trade on a population hungry for relief from the aches, the pains, and the hum-drum of every day life.
There were no movies, no radio, only a few wind-up phonographs, and lucky was the town that had it's own band. America was hungry for a show!
The Medicine Show comes to town! Maybe it's "Hamlin's Wizard Oil" or "Kickapoo Indian Sagwa", or "Little wonder Electric Rheumatism Rings". The wagon unfolds to form a stage on a street corner, or an open field, or any place which felt like a good "draw". S0metimes handbills were posted, or announcements made in the newspaper, or even from the pulpit of a church. "Hamlin's" even provided their own quartet to sing in the church choir!
The hour arrives and the entertainers strike it up. Music. Always music. Sometimes just one player, sometimes a whole band. Sometimes an "artist" would do some magic, maybe a little dancing and comedy as well. Anything to whip up a crowd, and win their friendshop and confidence.
This was a ready little group of enetertainers. Versatile, fun, and by neccessity able to connect with a crowd AND......
This was the idea that in 1984 inspired three professional musicians to form THE MEDICINE SHOW MUSIC CO.
Ready for a hand full of people on a street cornerof 850 in an auditorium, "The Medicine Show" performs a rapid fire combination of music, magic, dance and comedy with ONE purpose-TO ENTERTAIN, using tried and true entertainment techniques with an energy and polish that appeals to all people of all ages.
Since 1984, THE MEDICINE SHOW has performed countless State and county Fairs, Fesivals, Corporate Events for major corporations as well as small businesses, performed in Japan, The Netherlands, and Las Vegas.
People today-just like the people of long ago, want to feel good. THE MEDICINE SHOW always gives the people what they want.
There were no movies, no radio, only a few wind-up phonographs, and lucky was the town that had it's own band. America was hungry for a show!
The Medicine Show comes to town! Maybe it's "Hamlin's Wizard Oil" or "Kickapoo Indian Sagwa", or "Little wonder Electric Rheumatism Rings". The wagon unfolds to form a stage on a street corner, or an open field, or any place which felt like a good "draw". S0metimes handbills were posted, or announcements made in the newspaper, or even from the pulpit of a church. "Hamlin's" even provided their own quartet to sing in the church choir!
The hour arrives and the entertainers strike it up. Music. Always music. Sometimes just one player, sometimes a whole band. Sometimes an "artist" would do some magic, maybe a little dancing and comedy as well. Anything to whip up a crowd, and win their friendshop and confidence.
This was a ready little group of enetertainers. Versatile, fun, and by neccessity able to connect with a crowd AND......
This was the idea that in 1984 inspired three professional musicians to form THE MEDICINE SHOW MUSIC CO.
Ready for a hand full of people on a street cornerof 850 in an auditorium, "The Medicine Show" performs a rapid fire combination of music, magic, dance and comedy with ONE purpose-TO ENTERTAIN, using tried and true entertainment techniques with an energy and polish that appeals to all people of all ages.
Since 1984, THE MEDICINE SHOW has performed countless State and county Fairs, Fesivals, Corporate Events for major corporations as well as small businesses, performed in Japan, The Netherlands, and Las Vegas.
People today-just like the people of long ago, want to feel good. THE MEDICINE SHOW always gives the people what they want.
