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Smalls

[smawlz]

noun

  1. Robert, 1839–1915, U.S. captain in the Union navy and politician, born into slavery in South Carolina: congressman 1875–79, 1882–87.



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Not that the sight, 40 years on, of the sweetly clueless Tufnel, McKean’s prickly frontman David St. Hubbins and Shearer’s man-of-few-blurts Derek Smalls reuniting for one last concert won’t trigger a low-wattage 83-minute-long smile.

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DiBergi finds Tufnel working as a cheesemonger in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Smalls as the proprietor of London glue museum and St Hubbins living in Los Angeles making answering machine jingles.

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Smalls’ mustache still looks magnificent.

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“Spinal Tap II” reveals that they now live in different parts of the globe — St. Hubbins in Morro Bay, Calif.; Tufnel in Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northern England; Smalls in London — and haven’t spoken since the last comeback tour.

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“We killed them,” notes Smalls.

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