Washboard Serenaders clips: or SQUEE

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dogpossum · #1 Post by **dogpossum** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:50 pm

I just stumbled over these and thought that people might like them (though I'm sure many of you will have seen them already):

Singing 'Black Eyes' in 1934:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7ozAfU ... re=related

Performing 'A shanty in old shanty town' in 1933:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu14gQew ... re=related

Surreal · #2 Post by **Surreal** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:10 am

Wow... is... is that a kazoo? I had no idea they could do that.

anton · #3 Post by **anton** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:50 am

Surreal wrote:Wow... is... is that a kazoo? I had no idea they could do that.

In fact, their first recording was entitled 'Kazoo Moan' (1930):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKe3Wj3c7A

dogpossum · #4 Post by **dogpossum** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:13 pm

Surreal wrote:Wow... is... is that a kazoo? I had no idea they could do that.

Crazy!
But you'd need to buy one of these special attachments first.

srsly, they're made of win.

Surreal · #5 Post by **Surreal** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:05 pm

I had a kazoo when I was a kid (I think it came in a cereal box), but I never figured out how to make sound. It was great for blowing bubbles in the bathtub though.