Lenny and the Squigtones


Lenny and the Squigtones is a fictional musical group headed by Michael McKean and David Lander, the two actors who played the characters Lenny and Squiggy on the television series Laverne & Shirley. The group's eponymous debut album, Lenny & Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones, was released on the Casablanca label in 1979. Recorded live at the Roxy in Hollywood, they perform parodies of 50s rock ballads. In between, there is schtick and patter. The album is now a collector’s item because of credited guitar work by future Spinal Tap member Nigel Tufnel. A photo on the inside cover also includes two band members, "Murph", the keyboard player from The Blues Brothers, and "Ming the Merciless", purported to be Kiss drummer Peter Criss without his famous "cat" costume and make-up, though Criss denies it was him. McKean has confirmed that the drummer in the photograph is actually Don Poncher.

Track listing

;Side A
  1. "Vamp On"
  2. "Night After Night"
  3. "Creature without a Head"
  4. "King of the Cars"
  5. "Squiggy's Wedding Day"
  6. "Love Is a Terrible Thing"
;Side B
  1. "Babyland"
  2. "If Only I'd've Listened to Mama"
  3. "So's Your Old Testament"
  4. "Sister-in-Law"
  5. "Honor Farm"
  6. "StarCrossed"
  7. "Only Women Cry"
  8. "Foreign Legion of Love"
  9. "Vamp Off"

    Credited personnel

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