[Dixielandjazz] Doin' theHambone

[David Richoux]

>>
that is what I just posted -

This is more from the Minstrel Show aspect of Hambone  playing, I think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show

has the whole set-up of a typical minstrel show.
(I was just reading about this part of american music history in the  
1942 book "Lost Chords" by Gilbert Douglas...)

Dave Richoux

On Apr 27, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis  
wrote:

> Wasn't Hambone one of the standard characters in Minstrel shows?  I  
> remember seeing them when I was a kid and some of the characters  
> had names like Mr. Interlocutor (Sp?)
> Larry
> St. Louis
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>
>> Interesting topic!
>>
>> Some people say it is related to the juba dance:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambone
>>
>> But I have seen several pretty good Hambone players - even the  
>> guy  who ALWAYS got a guest solo when he showed up at Bay Area  
>> jazz gigs  (sorry, cannot remember his name but I think he was  
>> still alive as  recently as the early 1990s ) that have little to  
>> do with the dance  aspect. This is more from the Minstrel Show  
>> aspect of Hambone  playing, I think.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
>>
>> Anyway, they are played much like the Spoons, they are flattened   
>> sticks of bone played by slapping them and clicking them together  
>> on  the thigh (or just about any other part of the body you can  
>> reach.  Usually they are held together in one hand so each "bone"  
>> can rattle  and make noise.
>>
>> If you don't have bones you can just use your cupped hands,  
>> slapping  on the chest (like Bobby McFerrin does) or thighs. It is  
>> a pretty  open ended thing, like scat singing, mouth popping and  
>> skull drumming...
>>
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay? 
>> docid=3808990741546089830&q=playing +hambone
>>
>> Dave Richoux
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Bob Romans wrote:
>>
>>> Does ANYONE out there in OKOM land know how to HAMBONE?