Origin: Phoenix, AZ, USA
This pseudo-fictitious band was the inspiration of Bill Thompson who played the character of Wallace Snead on the popular local Phoenix children's TV program The Wallace & Ladmo Show . Commodore Condello was actually musician Mike Condello who had joined the show in 1962 as a regular. The Salt River Navy Band was made up of various session musicians and performers on the show, including Ladimir "Ladmo" Kwiatkowski himself. They released two EPs in 1967, the first titled The Blossom Kids Review Plus Selected Shorts , which features parodies of Beatles songs ('With A Little Help From His Horse',…