waltertore
866 posts
Aug 19, 2010
4:55 PM
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Dave Harris is a one man band and is writing a book about the history of the 1 man band. He is probably the leading authority on the subject. Here is a page with hundreds of 1 man bands listed chronologically. The 1 man band thing is definetely growing in popularity. Walter
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" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
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Last Edited by on Aug 19, 2010 5:01 PM
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nacoran
2551 posts
Aug 19, 2010
5:25 PM
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He forgot the original one-man band, Ugg Ugg, the Caveman. He was voted the best one-man band of 13,072 B.C.! He'd run his spear tip along the ribcage of a dead caribou while stepping on a 'foot pedal' (actually just the tail of a local wolf would stick around for caribou scraps, he would already be howling along with Ugg Ugg, but stepping on his tail gently would let him know when the changes where coming.)
He made the first harmonica out of wooden reeds sandwiched between a set of clamshells.
Cool list!
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waltertore
868 posts
Aug 20, 2010
8:54 AM
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pretty funny narcon! What suprised me was the names like Slim Harpo. I had no idea he was once a 1 man band. Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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GEEZER1
71 posts
Aug 20, 2010
11:27 AM
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Great article about one man bands. It seems in my long life I remember a movie with a one man band, I think walter brennan played the musician, I Wonder how many one man bands are in the movies of old..
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/barrick.htm
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waltertore
870 posts
Aug 20, 2010
12:42 PM
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Geezer1: You are right. He had a wild 1 man band set up. If I recall correct he played banjo, harp on a hanging harp rack, wiskey bottles hung on string, and some kind of drum. The movie was Banjo On My Knee. That role was almost as good as his Judge Roy Bean in the Westerner. Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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