[Dixielandjazz] Electric (Electronic) Washboard

[mmckay]

There is a slight possibility that you mis-read my previous post. 

Bela Fleck is MKOM and anyone who listens at all will almost assuredly agree
that he is their kind of music, as well.

Guys whose main (advertised) feature is that they play two saxes at once and
whose entire blurb consists of the situation not the music are not what I'm
willing to go pay $20 to hear (MKOM).  That was the act on with Future Man
who is a great show and does make some intriguing sounds.  I do find (as
someone said earlier) that sometimes he tends to get in the way of, more
than support, when he is working with Fleck (at the concerts I attended).
Again, I wasn't interested in a whole evening of that and the saxes. Had
Fleck been part of it, I'd have been there at $40/$50 a ticket (which is
what I paid last time I heard him, as I recall).

I don't even mean that as a "put-down," for Future Man and did say just what
I meant. It just isn't/wasn't MKOM and the sax thing didn't appear as though
it was going to contribute enough to change my mind.

Mart

Martin D. McKay (Designated (in this case non-)listener.)

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of David Richoux
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 4:21 PM
To: DJML Jazz
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Electric (Electronic) Washboard

Future Man's instrument is a modified Arp  guitar synthesizer - he calls it
a ""Synth-Axe Drumitar" - here are a few links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SynthAxe
http://tinyurl.com/y65x3y

A totally unique instrument -I have seen him play it several times and he
really makes a show out of it!  Bela Fleck is MKOM, by the way...

For more traditional one-man-band/washboard performers, I like Prof.  
Gizmo (Rich Elmore) who has also played tuba and trombone in a  
variety of New Orleans and SF Bay Area bands. Lately I have seen him   
playing in a klezmer/balkan style band.

Dave Richoux

On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:42 AM, Bill Gunter wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Future Man doesn't play an "electic washboard," he plays an electronic 
> percussion set. You can find them in drum departments of large music 
> stores or online. They're made by Roland, Yamaha, and several other 
> companies.
>


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