I heard that Tuba Skinny had a big following over the Internet. I figured I’d see how big this following actually is by examining hit rates on YouTube. So I searched for Tuba Skinny on YouTube & found their first 15 tunes that had over 100,000 views. There were countless more past that. Here are the sample results I came up with:
Tuba Skinny Video (date posted): #YouTube Hits
@ Louisiana Music Factory (2019): 239,000
Gimme Some (4 months ago): 143,000
TFull Set @ Jazz Au Sources (2018): 207,000
Plays Going Back Home (2017): 2,500,000
The Tuba Skinny Jazz Band (2017): 1,200,000
Plays Some of These Days (2012): 712,000
Postage Stomp (6 months ago): 450,000
@ Duke Heitger (2017): 260,000
Plays Yes Sir That's My Baby (2012): 1,400,000
Jubilee Stomp II (2018): 1,700,000
In Concert - Live Music (2013): 541,000
I Get the Blues (2013): 2,400,000
What's the Matter w/ the Mill (2013): 911,000
Jubilee Stomp I (2018): 1,100,000
Jackson Stomp (2013): 1,700,000
15 Tuba Skinny YouTube Videos: 15,463,000
The result is over 15 Million hits for their top 15 videos. That’s over a million hits, on average, for each video. That’s stratospheric in the world of traditional jazz, in a hit rate league of their own. These kids are the trad jazz poster children. Moreover, these aren’t all just single tunes, but some hour long sets. Some are in France, most on the street in New Orleans. They are not necessarily the most professional videos. Some are over the past few months and it is amazing to see them this popular so fast. In hit-rate comparison, the most famous trad jazz bands have one or two tunes with over 100 Thousand Views. Tuba Skinny has no rivals, they have 15 tunes/sets with over 1 Million Views: That’s a lot of gold YouTube videos. They are the Beatles of the trad jazz world.
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