Padre, thanks for your information on bones in traditional Polish music. Are there any recordings of bones being played with this music? Mel is a good friend...
... No problem ;-) Are ... Nope, sorry. Nobody uses bones here anymore except for celtic/shanties/bluegrass freeks. Mel is a good ... Thanks. He will be at ......
Buon Giorno Andreas, Welcome to the list. Bones were popular in ancient Rome. Check out www.soundcenter.it and Walter Maioli, a researcher in ancient Roman ...
By the way, if you're planning to be at the Mr. Bones Day event in Lexington at 2 pm (and you should be), please don't forget to call (781) 862-7837 to let us...
Ciao Steve, thank you very much your precious informations! Hope to be soon able to play the bones, I have begun to practice a lot, but it is more difficult...
Andreas, Also, the fantastic French Canadian band, Le Vent du Nord, will be playing in Northern Italy during August 9-11 (unfortunately, there are no further ...
Jon, Excellent point! Andreas, Benoit is a super person and if you could hook up with him I'm sure would give you some valuable pointers. He is surely one of...
This is to remind any of you who are in the New England/New York area that this coming weekend (Thursday June 9 - Sunday June 12) will be the weekend of the...
I'm going through unanswered email from the website (yes, I know I'm way behind in a lot of respects with the site!), and I'm not sure what the answer is to...
The Hastings Jugband under the direction of Rob Rudin and Constance Cook is invited to play at the MIdsummer revels "preshow" in Boston, MA. WHEN: 7-7:30pm....
I have only met one person who knew and played with Brother Bones. Joe Birl. Joe said Bother Bones played with 4 bones in each hand. If you run into Joe at...
Saturday September 3rd and Sunday September 4th "Labor Day Weekend" Festival of the Rivers Hinton, West Virginia USA PO Box 1504 Hinton, WV 25951 Call: (304)...
Thank you for the information! Unfortunately I found out that they will play very far away from here, so it will not be possible to see them. I think this will...
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Hi J, Joe Birl is the man to answer that as he met him and may have seen him play. Certainly sounds like he played with four bones from the recordings. Best, ...
Hi Andreas, Wow that sounds amazing and I would be very interested in hearing more about this player. If you could give us more information I would be very...
I've tried playing with 4 bones per hand at once, and it's not as difficult as you might think. I do it with thinner bones than when I play 2 per hand, and...
I concur with Charlie Obert that playing four bones in each hand is not as hard as it looks. (And the playing style really comes in handy at times.) But like...
That's all great but how do you menage to hold all of those bones. I've just tried to do that, and as I don't have a problem with playing with 3 bones in one ...
Hi all. Glad to have discovered this group. I am an Actor and New Vaudeville Comic in the New York City area. I decided to play bones in preparing a new...
Hi Padre, And welcome to the group! At first I didn't much take to eight bones either. After all, they are quite a handful. But over the years I discovered...
hello R.David and welcome to the group. There are a number of folks from your area who are members here. Adam Klien is based in New Jersey, although traveling...
I have enclosed my 2pennyworth, for what it is worth. This is the method I have used and taught in workshops for over 20 years. (see attached photograph. I...
Wow, this is very neat! Scott already pointed out to me that my original question was a repeat of one I asked the list a couple of years ago (and whose...
Hi R.David, Welcome to the group. I live in Queens (Rockaway Beach). Drop me a line and we'll get together. Kevin Kelly [Non-text portions of this message have...
Philip Brake of Waltham joined us today as a "community volunteer", and knocked the socks off some of my kids. He alsoo contributed about 10-12 sets of bones...
... From: Yirdy Machar <yirdymac@...> Date: Jun 13, 2005 3:24 PM Subject: Eight bones To: rhythmbones@yahoogroups.com Here is my 2pennyworth on what I...
Sorry about the mix-up, but I did not realise that it was not possible to send photo attachments with yahoogroups email system. Anyone who wishes to see the...
Stephen, thanks for the good info. I will see about joining the Bones Fest, but I do work weekends. I already have a gig on the 10th. How are some of the NYC...
At Last, thanks to the kindness of Scott Miller, you can see my photos without having to e-mail me. Those who have, thank you. Those who have not, yet, thank...
