Commodore Condello's Salt River Navy Band From: Phoenix, AZ, USA This pseudo-fictitious band was the inspiration of Bill Thompson who played the character of Wallace Snead on the popular Phoenix local children's TV program 'The Wallace & Ladmo Show'. Commodore Condello was actually musician Mike Condello who had joined the show in 1962 as a regular. The Salt River Navy Band was made up of various session musicians and performers on the show, including Ladimir "Ladmo" Kwiatkowski himself. They released two EPs in 1967, the first titled 'The…
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