Clicquot Club Eskimos (Harry Reser’s Orch)- At Sundown, 1927

The Clicquot Club Company, also known as Clicquot Club Beverages – („Clicquot”, pronounced “Klee-Ko” and sometimes spelled “Clicquot”, was the fictional name of the Eskimo Boy that was pictured on the bottle and in the company’s advertising) – was a national beverage company which sold several varieties of soda. After 80 years of operation, the company was bought and shut down by Canada Dry in 1965. In 1925 Clicquot Club became one of America’s pioneer radio advertisers, creating the Clicquot Club Eskimos, a bright dance orchestra under the direction of Harry Reser, which remained on the NBC network week after week from 1926 through 1934. At one time the program was especially cited by NBC as being the oldest continuous weekly show on the network. From the days of the old crystal sets to the latest type of consoles, the Eskimos were standard weekly entertainment in millions of American homes, and the sale of the product extended throughout the length and breadth of America and far beyond its shores. The Clicquot Club Eskimos wore eskimo suits when playing live and before a studio audience. The same basic band recorded under a dizzying array of pseudonyms for dozens of different record labels. Recording: Clicquot Club Eskimos, voc. Tom Stacks — At Sundown (W.Donaldson), Columbia 1927

Easily one of Ryan’s greatest songs. Appeared on Whiskeytown’s final album, Pneumonia. Though the album was released in 2001, it was actually recorded in 1999 before the band broke up. Due to the break up and issues with record labels, the album didn’t see light until 2001 when Adams solo label, Lost Highway Records, allowed its release.
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