Changes: The Dead Hensons

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The Dead Hensons were an eight-piece San Francisco Bay Area Jim Henson tribute band that played music from various Henson projects, but primarily Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and The Muppet Movie. The band has also covered songs from The Electric Company.

The band name is a play on the Dead Kennedys, a San Francisco Bay Area punk band that formed in the late 1970s.

The band released a 7-inch record with professionally recorded versions of "Pinball Number Count," "Riverbottom Nightmare Band," "The Lonely N," and "The First Day of School."

They have also recorded bootleg and live versions of other Muppet-related songs including "Between," "Can You Picture That?" "Candy Man," "Eleven," "Exit," "Ladybug Picnic," "Movin' Right Along," "The Rainbow Connection," and "Subway."

Due to changes of address among members, the band gave its farewell performance at the Bottom of the Hill on December 4, 2009. The special double setlist included "Mr. Bassman," "Jellyman Kelly," "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday," and "A Bear Eats Bear Food."

External links

Official site

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+[[Image:Deadhensons.JPG|thumb|300px|A doctored photo of a [[Pumpkin]] Hippie covers their album.]]
 [[Image: deadhensons.jpg|thumb|300px|The Dead Hensons perform.]]
-'''The Dead Hensons''' are an eight-piece San Francisco Bay Area [[Jim Henson]] tribute band which plays music from various Henson projects, but primarily [[Sesame Street]], [[The Muppet Show]] and [[The Muppet Movie]].
+'''The Dead Hensons''' were an eight-piece [[San Francisco]] Bay Area [[Jim Henson]] tribute band that played music from various Henson projects, but primarily ''[[Sesame Street]]'', ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', and ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''. The band has also covered songs from ''[[The Electric Company]]''.
-The band name is a play on The Dead Kennedys, a San Francisco Bay Area punk band formed in the late 1970's.
+The band name is a play on the Dead Kennedys, a San Francisco Bay Area punk band that formed in the late 1970s.
-They have released a 7" record with professionally recorded versions of [[Pinball Number Count]], [[Riverbottom Nightmare Band (song)|Riverbottom Nightmare Band]], [[The Lonely N]], and [[The First Day of School]].
+The band released a 7-inch record with professionally recorded versions of "[[Pinball Number Count]]," "[[Riverbottom Nightmare Band (song)|Riverbottom Nightmare Band]]," "[[Lowercase N|The Lonely N]]," and "[[The First Day of School]]."
-They have also recorded bootleg and live versions of other Muppet-related songs including [[Between]], [[Can You Picture That?]], [[Candy Man]], [[Eleven]], [[Exit]], [[Ladybug Picnic]], [[Movin' Right Along]], [[The Rainbow Connection]], and [[Subway (song)|Subway]].
+They have also recorded bootleg and live versions of other Muppet-related songs including "[[Between]]," "[[Can You Picture That?]]" "[[Candy Man]]," "[[Eleven]]," "[[Exit]]," "[[Ladybug Picnic]]," "[[Movin' Right Along]]," "[[The Rainbow Connection]]," and "[[Subway (song)|Subway]]."
-==External links==
-* [http://deadhensons.com/ The Dead Hensons website] features audio samples of the band's music, information about the band and show dates.
+Due to changes of address among members, the band gave its farewell performance at the Bottom of the Hill on December 4, 2009.  The special double setlist included "[[Mr. Bassman]]," "[[Jellyman Kelly]]," "[[I'm Going to Go Back There Someday]]," and "[[A Bear Eats Bear Food]]."
+==External links==
-[[Category:Muppet Mentions|Dead Hensons]]
+* [http://deadhensons.com/ Official site]
+[[Category:Music Mentions|Dead Hensons]]