[Dixielandjazz] Doin' theHambone

[David Richoux]

Ginny,

Thanks for that group link!

I think the bones are as you say, dried cow rib bones or similar  
shaped wood slats. They are mostly played on the upper thigh (ham)  
part of the leg. It would be pretty hard to play a thigh bone (see  
the opening part of "2001 A Space Odyssey" for a demonstration of  
that bone in action ;-)

Dave Richoux
On Apr 27, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:

> There is an active group via Yahoo identified as Black Banjo, Then  
> and Now.
> .>http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/BlackBanjo/<
>
> There are active members of that group who are knowledgeable about  
> hambones, juba, etc.  There are likely archived related  
> discussions.  In just now doing a quick look at their files, I  
> could only find material on bone-playing, as in cow rib bones and  
> the carved wooden descendants.
> Ginny