[Dixielandjazz] Washboards - what and where?

[Luís Henriques]

Hi,

Ok, thanks a lot for your answers (including the funny ones! I've been
laughing a lot reading all these threads!).  I have visited all the
links, searched for all the reference bands (could not find all yet...)
and I guess I have enough information.

By the way: we want to TRY a washboard and, PROBABLY, replace the drums
- but the main goal is to experiment a washboard for a while.  If we
like it, we'll keep it, otherwise we'll use it just in a few tunes (or
give it to some boring woman...).  We are trying to find a sonority to
our band - and the washboard is just one step.

Thanks guys!

On 10 Ago 2005, lhenriques at criticalsoftware.com wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> In the band I am leading, we are currently using drums in the rhythmic
> section.  However, we are thinking about start using a washboard (and,
> probably, get rid of the drums!).  The problem is: we are in Portugal
> and nobody seems to know what that is!  I searched in the Internet
> but, as I do not know nothing about the subject it didn't helped a
> lot.
>
> Could someone give me some suggestions?  It would be great to have:
>
> * Some advice on buying the instrument - we will use it both in
> concerts and in parades
> * Some links/contacts to companies/people that build washboards;
> * What are the needed accessories (for example, what is the name of
> those "things" to put on the fingers?)
>
> Hope there are a lot of washboard players in this list to help me on
> this :)
>
> Thanks a lot.

-- 
Luís Henriques