How Yo La Tengo got their name

February 7, 2008 at 8:53 am · Filed under humor, music

This handy instructional video from Ira Kaplan and Ed Kranepool finally lifts the shroud of mystery:



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  1. Cory said,

    February 8, 2008 @ 8:45 am

    I heard that story about ten years ago as I was watching a game between the Dodgers and Mets. At the time, Vin Scully was calling the game, and finished the story by saying, “The legend became so popular that apparently there’s even a rock n’ roll band named Yo La Tengo.”

    Classic baseball lore.

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