Derek Smalls
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Derek Smalls (played by Harry Shearer) is the bass player for mock rock group Spinal Tap. He co-starred in the hit spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap with guitarists Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), as well as with a plethora of drummers and keyboardists. He has one solo album, Its a Smalls World.
Smalls played killer #1 in Marco Zamboni's Roma '79. He is also a prize-winning gardener, having developed and patented a totally black rose, the Death by Midnight. He was also part of the Christian rock band Lambsblood and the star of a series of comical Belgian television commercials for the snack food Floop.
The name Derek Smalls appears to come from the cover of the Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick. The newspaper format of this album cover featured satirical classified ads including an ad for a 4' divan bed, and the offer of a "Dwarf for Rent" both of which instructed the reader to "Contact Derek Small."
[edit] External Links
- The Ultimate Spinal Tap Discography - an illustrated guide to Tap's albums (both real and imagined)
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