{"id":26298,"date":"2013-12-20T03:15:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T03:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=26298"},"modified":"2013-12-19T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T21:19:06","slug":"craig-ferguson-shy-fellas-band-la-times-flash-mob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-shy-fellas-band-la-times-flash-mob\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>&#8216;Shy Fellas&#8217; Band Grows<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LLS-Stage.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26308\" alt=\"LLS Stage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LLS-Stage-150x84.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/LLS-Stage-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/LLS-Stage-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/LLS-Stage-600x336.png 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/LLS-Stage-250x140.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/LLS-Stage.png 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> and <strong>Josh Robert Thompson<\/strong> have been slowly building the legend of the &#8220;Shy Fellas&#8221; band behind the curtain at <em>The Late Late Show<\/em>. They first talked about bandleader <strong>Alfredo Sauce<\/strong>. Then, after an email from Chicago radio personality <strong>Nick Digilio<\/strong>, they started naming individual band members, including the drummer they call &#8220;Nicky D.&#8221; Digilio <a href=\"http:\/\/wgnradio.com\/2013\/12\/18\/nicky-d-and-his-drums-on-craig-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\">talked about it on his radio show<\/a> this week. Josh came up with Nicky D. and &#8220;Terry&#8221; the bass player, and later, Josh added a third voice for &#8220;Joey Turnips&#8221; the ocarina player. We can&#8217;t wait to hear who else gets added to the band!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Late Night&#8217;s Cheeky Monkey<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-Hands.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-26311\" alt=\"Craig Hands\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-Hands-107x150.jpg\" width=\"86\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Hands-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Hands-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Hands-250x350.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Hands.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a>\r\nBack in 2010, shortly before the arrival of Geoff Peterson, Craig was the subject of a feature article in the <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/feb\/14\/entertainment\/la-ca-ferguson14-2010feb14\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>, which mentioned his lack of a sidekick (at the time) and lack of a band.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Holiday Flash Mob<\/strong><\/span>\r\nDid you see the surprise concert performed by the U.S. Air Force Band at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC earlier this month? They did it in style:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: AFBlueTube<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ByfpiTlLlSk?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:20px; line-height:1.25em\">The &#8216;Shy Fellas&#8217; band grows, a 2010 feature interview of Craig, plus a holiday flash mob.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-shy-fellas-band-la-times-flash-mob\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt 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