Tampopo (Dandelion)
from "Sansei Voices in the Community: Japanese American Musicians in California." by Susan M. Asai, pg. 368-394
In The Music of Multicultural America
By Kip Lornell and Anne K. Rasmussen
"Tampopo" was written by Nobuko Miyamoto with text by Rev. Masao Kodani and Nobuko Miyamoto for dancing at an O-bon festival, a midsummer commemoration of the souls of one's ancestors. This is Japanese American music, incorporating the American-style acoustic bass and English lyrics into the instrumentation, mode, and rhthyms of traditional Japanese folk songs
Nobuko Miyamoto - vocals; Sharon Koga - shamisen; Danny Yanamoto - taiko; Taiji Miyagawa - acoustic bass; Rev. Masao Kodani - spoken vocals