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Singing, piano, saxophone, and banjo.
"I An't Married No More" and "Not Good Resolutions; Just Broke."
Not newcomers to vaudeville, but new in the combination. Les Copeland makes a slight announcement of one number that he wrote for Bert Williams. It's the "I Ain't Married No More," with Copeland putting it over effectively and playing his own piano accompaniment. While Copeland looks after the piano end and also handles the singing department, McCloud, best known as a banjoist on former performances, not only picks, but also uses the saxophone for one number, McCloud gets busy vocally on a number that sounds unmistakably like a Copeland, the one with the reference to the old oaken bucket, but referred to in a comedy lyrical sense. Another of Copeland's "Not Good Resolutions; Just Broke," has a funny construction, and was registered in Copeland's characteristic style. The audience like the piano-banjo arrangement, a medley of topical songs being splendidly played, and the act distinctly scored. McCloud knows how to strum a banjo, and on the jazzedy, raggedy, shimmying stuff is there. The men will shortly hit a dual stride that will bring out their talent all the more impressionably.
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Variety, 53:6 (01/03/1919)