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The Ordinaires

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The Lincoln version of Kiss Me, Son Of God was performed with the members of the Ordinaires. They are:

The Ordinaires broke up in 1991, but not before releasing a couple albums on Bar/None. They also featured Kurt Hoffman, who would also appear on many TMBG recordings (but not Kiss Me, Son Of God). The Ordinaires were a nine-piece band that played instrumentals exclusively.

When asked how TMBG met The Ordinaires, Bill Krauss said "We met the Ordinaires at 8BC, which was run by a couple of guys named Dennis and Cornelius. It was the greatest club in the world for about two years. They had something like 3000 performances in two years. It was running non-stop. They had plays in the afternoon and performance art at dinner time, and bands at night. It was just a wonderful time. It may have been the first time we played there. People liked to book TMBG with the Ordinaires because there were nine people in the Ordinaires. Logistically, it was really easy, because to have another full band when you had the Ordinaires on stage meant moving a whole lot of equipment. We did some shows at the Pyramid for them and the Village Gate. In the very earliest shows, the Ordinaires had been around a bit longer and had more of a following, so we opened for them. Later, they opened for us. When we started doing Village Gate shows, we brought them along because they're friends. When it was time to do recording, bringing them in to do 'Kiss Me Son Of God' seemed like a natural idea." (From Myke Weiskopf Interviews Bill Krauss)

Their name would seem to be a pun on the classic country group, the Jordanaires, who, when not making their own records/appearances on TV shows, provided backing vocals for many records, including those by Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline and Ween (on their 12 Golden Country Greats album). Actually the name was a simplification of The Vin Ordinaires (based on the French term for table wine), a pun on the name of band member Fritz Van Orden. Kurt Hoffman's French-language outings have grown more extensive in recent years, appearing as an opening act for TMBG in 2007 with Les Chauds Lapins ('the hot rabbits').

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