[Dixielandjazz] Horizontal Washboard

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

No No No for heavens sake NO Phil me mate:

A washboard never replaces Drums, it only is an semi- acceptable 
replacement for a Drummer who can't make the gig or heaven forbid is 
not in adequate shape to perform adequately or even acceptably on the 
gig.   He would certainly be asked to play drums if he were capable of 
doing so and we all know ( well except for s few poor washboardist that 
the the ladies prefer Drummers who can do four to six things at a time, 
while a washboardist at the height of his career can barley eek out two 
different rhythms in an up and down or side to side motion. :))

Drummers are definitely Sexier with or without Hair.  :))

Ask any of the girls on the list who they would rather be stranded on a 
desert Island with a drummer or a washboardist to do their laundry ?

Cheers,

Tom



-----Original Message-----
From: philor at webone.com.au
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Horizontal Washboard

    but raises the question: "When does it stop being a washboard and 
begin
being a drum?" (Is that a sentence?). In any event, this player seems 
more
like a drummer to me than a washboardist. Maybe it's just that his 
technique
was so good!!

Mike

I don't follow the question. It ain't got skin/vellum; it has ripples of
metal. It is a wasboard. Doesn't the washboard replace drums in a band.
The technique is good no doubt. It reminds me of the late Len Barnard 
on an
off day at the washboard, or Allan Browne or Cal Duffy and maybe even 
Ken
Farmer (all Australian "horizontal" washboard players).
If only I could be 25% as good.

Phil O'Rourke
Tenor Washboard
Australia

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