Author Archives: modernwashboarder

Robbert Trice’s rig

Posted on 10 February 2020 by modernwashboarder

Robbert is the excellent harmonica player and multi-percussionist with George Cutter and Friends. Here he shares a pic and thoughts about his many and varied rigs: Convocation of Instruments. Two are family size, one is pail size. They all follow … Continue reading →

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Chunk’s Rig

Posted on 26 January 2020 by modernwashboarder

What we have here is the Behrens board used by Chunk, washboardiste of Gutter Puddle from up in Vancouver, BC. He describes his add-ons as follows: I added 3 measuring cups all different sizes The one mounted on the bottom makes … Continue reading →

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Shameless Plugs Division

Posted on 4 January 2020 by modernwashboarder

At the risk of seeming immodest, I’d like to take a moment to plug my recent tome on how to play the washboard. It’s titled, appropriately enough, How to Play the Washboard, and I would like to think that it does … Continue reading →

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The Washboard Assemblages of Mal Tornay

Posted on 2 January 2020 by modernwashboarder

Everything but the kitchen sink (and that may be attached to a board we simply can’t see in this video)!

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Dusty Jet Pilots’ Renato Barsa

Posted on 26 December 2019 by modernwashboarder

Those wacky Brazilians. Here we have a heavy metal duo with Renato Barsa on vocals, harp and board. Barsa plays a board set up à l’américaine, rigged out with two cans, a bicycle bell (?) and a bulb horn. Their … Continue reading →

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Posted on 24 December 2019 by modernwashboarder
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She Got Her Name Changed Back

Posted on 1 December 2019 by modernwashboarder

I guess this counts as washboard playing. Miranda Lambert, vocalist with Pistol Annies, is wearing a board during a performance of “Got My Name Changed Back.” Lambert is playing a pail-sized board à l’américaine with no add-ons. To be honest, I … Continue reading →

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Some South-of-the-Border Scraping

Posted on 1 December 2019 by modernwashboarder

Washboardiste Ian Foreman rocks it with some compadres in Rosarita, Mexico.  Foreman plays the board à l’américaine, decked out with what looks like a bell and a can. The board fits in perfectly with this tune! Foreman has posted videos of … Continue reading →

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Horniblow’s Hot Three’s Nicholas D. Ball

Posted on 11 August 2019 by modernwashboarder

Wow! This is the stuff! Brit Nicholas D. Ball, who runs the fascinating “Drums in the Twenties” site, lays it down in a trio called Horniblow’s Hot Three. In this video, they’re playing “Skoodlum Blues,” originally recorded by Jimmy O’Bryant’s … Continue reading →

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The Always-Delightful Deborah Tropez

Posted on 11 August 2019 by modernwashboarder

Here’s another video of the supremely-skilled Deborah Tropez, whom we have previously featured in this space. As usual, she nails it down like a boss. I love her rig, which is a cross between à la française and à l’américaine.

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