Razz'm Jazz'm
Are You Ready, Hezzy?
Many folks brush up against something like this music when they are in
first grade; you know, the triangle, flute, drum pad bands. And then again
when they join the senior citizens kazoo band, but never anything in between.
We aim in our lives to correct that omission and, at the same time, to
keep the tradition. Washboard/jug (or skiffle or spasm) band music by
now has a long and glorious history in American music (as well as a somewhat
ignominious history in minstrelsy). The broad category of bands using
“found” instruments includes plantation music, rural and streetcorner
jug bands, and 1920s jazz washboard bands. Emile “Stalebread”
Lacoume's turn of the century New Orleans spasm band, the Washboard Rhythm
Kings, Spike Jones, Dave Van Ronk, Jim Kweskin, the Memphis Jug Band,
and the Hoosier Hotshots are just a few of the better known manifestations.
Rémon * Angel Wings * Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me *
Just a Gigolo * Goody Goody * Shine On Harvest Moon *
Happy Birthday * Someday Sweetheart * Nagasaki *
The Sheik of Araby * Back in the Saddle Again *
Bring It With You When You Come *
St. James Infirmary * Auld Lang Syne
Mark
Cox
vocals, guitar, saw & yodeling
Pete Hinz
violin & vocals
Tom Layton
washboard & rhumba box
Tom Mindte
mandolin
Dick Parks
trumpet, trombone, & vocals
Kathy
Reitz
bass & vocals
Marv Reitz
vocals, guitar, jug, clarinet, bass clarinet & baritone sax
Don Rouse
clarinet & slide whistle
Dick Sackett
banjo
