Hello Everyone, Like many of you, I play spoons as well as bones. For years I've only had one pair of spoons, metal, ordinary dessert spoons with masking tape...
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Paul Woodhead
woodysoneman...
Jan 6, 2006 9:27 am
I too have a pair of these. Excellent quality & sound. I use them on a Loop machine (Headrush E2) then overlay bones and metal spoons to back my performances. ...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Jan 6, 2006 11:16 am
Adele, Unfortunately I can't help you here, although there are some spoons players on this list, perhaps you might get more response on the folk percussion...
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Jennifer Ranger
dulcimer50a
Jan 11, 2006 1:58 am
Greetings! I'm pleased to announce our brand new Podcast Studio, and I hope members will drop in for a visit at: www.kattywompusfolkstudio.libsyn.com (just...
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Jonathan Danforth
jonofiddle
Jan 12, 2006 4:34 pm
Jennifer, what a great interview! As far as I know, this is the very first bones-related podcast, ever. Congradulations! :) Jonathan ... ...
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Jennifer Ranger
dulcimer50a
Jan 12, 2006 5:33 pm
Hi Jonathan: Thank you! I'd love to interview more bones players via internet phone for our podcasts - are you interested? Thanks! Jennifer ... From: Jonathan...
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Jonathan Danforth
jonofiddle
Jan 12, 2006 5:38 pm
Jennifer, I have Google Talk downloaded, although I've never used it yet. But I'm certainly willing! Give me a week or two, though-- I'm swamped right now ...
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Jennifer Ranger
dulcimer50a
Jan 12, 2006 11:58 pm
Hi Jonathan: Yes, in a couple of weeks would be great. I'll get the particulars and be ready by then. Thanks! Jennifer ... From: Jonathan Danforth To:...
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bonequint
Jan 13, 2006 3:16 am
Check out this picture I found wandering around the Internet. Dated 1882, by Harpers Weekly illustrator William Ludwell Sheppard, titled "The Cortet (i.e....
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Jan 13, 2006 11:04 am
Hey Jeff, How are you? haven't heard from you in some time. Are you comming up for bones fest? Interesting picture. I did a book search on Google the other day...
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Bones Fest X
bonesfest10@...
Jan 13, 2006 6:51 pm
Hello everyone! We've finally gotten the Hotel rate locked in for this years Bones Fest! The group rate is $89 per night. We know that's a little more than...
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nrcard777
Jan 14, 2006 5:25 am
My dad had a set of rhythm bones that were connected. They looked something like a rustic, simple pair of wooden tongs. They were black and wooden. I would...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Jan 14, 2006 3:14 pm
generally speaking, I think this is pretty unusuall. I don't know about the rest of the group but in all my years I have never seen bones connected as you...
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hokelore
Jan 14, 2006 11:36 pm
... I've never seen that. I do recall seeing a pair that were loosely connected by a cord that ran through holes drilled in the top ends. The ends weren't tied...
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Jonathan Danforth
jonofiddle
Jan 15, 2006 1:35 am
I think I've seen advertisements for connected bones for "parlor minstrel shows" from catalogs 100 years or more ago. Steve, you've got a few of those pages--...
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Allen H Card
nrcard777
Jan 15, 2006 2:42 am
Thanks for your response. I'm beginning to think I could be a little nutty, since no one seems to know about "connected" bones. Maybe I am remembering them...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Jan 15, 2006 2:54 am
Jon and Naomi, I do have some copied pages of an old catalog and don't show anything like you described naomi. Dave Boyle who makes the black bart bones does...
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crackerbrl@...
Jan 15, 2006 3:37 am
I'm wondering if they might be some sort of adaptation or variant of castanets? They're connected. Just a thought ... Tom Callinan [Non-text portions of...
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Paul Woodhead
woodysoneman...
Jan 15, 2006 3:36 pm
I played recently and a 92 year old man joined in with his bones. They were held together with elastic bands as he had lost the strength to hold. He found the...
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hokelore
Jan 15, 2006 8:57 pm
... Maybe not nutty; maybe they are just very rare, even one-of-a-kind. Does he remember where/how he got them? There might be a good story behind them. Tim...
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bonequint
Jan 19, 2006 2:06 am
Hi, I've been letting the bones slide for a while, and I've been playing with my concertina and other things. I was thinking of going to Ireland, though, and...
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Jonathan Danforth
jonofiddle
Jan 20, 2006 3:04 pm
Sorry, folks. These things make me so mad! I'll think (when I see that they've joined the list) that it's another eager bones player, and then realize (once...
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Michael P. Thompson
michael_bodhran
Jan 21, 2006 3:02 am
... Thanks Jonathan. I moderate several lists and I've been forced to set them so that all new members are moderated. Once a person posts a legitimate message...
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terekita
Jan 24, 2006 6:19 pm
Hello all, I'm a novice bones player, and I've got various videos, etc. They are all very helpful. However, I'm wondering if there any bones players in the...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Jan 25, 2006 1:14 am
Michael, Thanks for joining our little group here. I've just looked through the membership of the Rhythm bones society and found no members in Colorado. If you...
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Michael P. Thompson
michael_bodhran
Jan 26, 2006 12:53 am
... I'm in Colorado, but I'm a neophyte bones player myself and hardly qualified to be giving lessons. I've never had a lesson myself, and hardly play, so I ...
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Stephen Brown
notthebuddah
Jan 26, 2006 10:36 am
thanks for the thought anyway Michael. I had another reply from the Bodojo list of someone who is also learning the bones but is in contact with some ...
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Mike Passerotti
mikepasserotti
Jan 26, 2006 2:58 pm
I've been traveling alot lately. If I find my way to Colorado, I'll look you up. I'm in Jackson MS. Anyone out this way? Mike Passerotti...
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Michael P. Thompson
michael_bodhran
Jan 26, 2006 8:15 pm
... I'm there! -- We will not forget! www.remember-9-11.com www.ciarancummings.com...
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terekita
Jan 31, 2006 3:54 am
Hello, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any solo bones recordings, in any genre, and if so, whether the item is available anywhere? Also, it would be...
