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Gaillard's appeal was similar to [[Cab Calloway]]'s and [[Louis Jordan]]'s in that he presented a hip style with broad appeal (for example in his children's song "[[Down by the Station]]").{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} Unlike them, he was a master improviser whose [[Stream of consciousness writing|stream of consciousness]] vocals ranged far from the original lyrics. He sang wild interpolations of nonsense syllables, such as "MacVoutie O-reeney". One such performance is celebrated in the 1957 novel ''[[On the Road]]'' by [[Jack Kerouac]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kerouac|first1=Jack|title=On the Road|url=https://archive.org/details/onroad00kero_1|url-access=registration|date=2003 |orig-year=1st pub. 1957 |publisher=Penguin Books|pages=[https://archive.org/details/onroad00kero_1/page/176 176–177]|isbn=9780142437254 }}</ref> Gaillard, with [[Dodo Marmarosa]] on piano, appeared as a guest several times on ''Command Performance'', recorded at KNX radio studios in Hollywood in the 1940s and distributed on transcription discs to American troops in World War II.
In 1943,<ref name="SGVerve652-1SN">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Slim Gaillard Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years|others=Slim Gaillard|year=1994}}</ref>{{rp|4}} Gaillard was drafted in the [[United States Army Air Forces]]. There, corporal Gaillard he was an assistant crew chief working on B-26 “Marauder bombers” at Laughlin Field, Del Rio Texas. He was discharged before the end of the war after a year and 7 months of service; six months after being diagnosed with chronic frontal sinusitis.
He "qualified as a pilot flying [...] B-26 bombers in the Pacific"<ref name="SGSiboney85SN">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Siboney |others=Slim Gaillard|year=1997|publisher=Indigo}}</ref> and resumed his music career on his release from the draft in 1944.<ref name="SGTuitti-FruittiSN">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Slim Gaillard 1945/Tuitti-Fruitti|others=Slim Gaillard|year=1988|publisher= Swing Time}}</ref> Upon his return he released the song [[Atomic (cocktail)#Potential name origins or influences|"Atomic Cocktail"]], which featured seemingly lighthearted lyrics laced with symbolism about nuclear war.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atomic Cocktail |url=https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/recipes/a3715/atomic-cocktail-drink-recipe/ |website=esquire.com |date=November 5, 2007 |access-date= February 25, 2019}}</ref> Gaillard later teamed with bassist Bam Brown, and their successes included the [[Hipster (1940s subculture)|hipster]] anthem "Opera in Vout (Groove Juice Symphony)".<ref>[https://archive.org/details/78_opera-in-vout-groove-juice-symphony_slim-gaillard-and-bam-brown_gbia8000475b "Opera in Vout (Groove Juice Symphony", Internet Archive]. Retrieved 19 September 2023</ref> They can be seen in a 1947 motion picture featurette ''O'Voutie O'Rooney'' filmed live at one of their nightclub performances.<ref name="SGOVOR-1">{{cite web|title=''O'Voutie O'Rooney''|url=http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-slim-gaillard.html|publisher=Paghat the Ratgirl|website=weirdwildrealm.com|access-date= March 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="SGOVOR-2">{{cite news|first=David|last=Lewis|title=''O'Voutie O'Rooney''|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/309592/O-Voutie-O-Rooney/overview |date=2010|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date= March 25, 2016}} {{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Slim and Bam was featured at the first Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)|Wrigley Field]] in Los Angeles that was produced by [[Leon Hefflin, Sr.|Leon Hefflin Sr.]] on September 23, 1945, along with [[Count Basie]]. Gaillard also played for the 2nd Cavalcade of Jazz held at [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)|Wrigley Field]] on October 12, 1946,<ref>"SHOW TIME". Review by Wendell Green, ''Los Angeles Sentinel'', September 26, 1946.</ref> and played for the 3rd Cavalcade of Jazz held also at [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)|Wrigley Field]] on September 7, 1947.<ref>"Woody Herman, 3 Blazers, T-Bone, Others on Program". Review by Eddie Burbridge, ''The California Eagle'', September 4, 1947.</ref>
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