1 Topic by Strummerboy Bill (edited by Strummerboy Bill 2018-02-03 21:02:51)

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........ always brightens my day.

These guys are another example of what I mean. A cello used as a bass guitar??? The 2 guys in the middle never cracking a smile as they perform those little dance steps, and the lone banjo picker in the back ---- Great musicianship blended with a bit of comedy is just one of my favorite genres!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY

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Re: "New Music" Well-Played.....

thanks Bill. i can see you haven't been wasting your AWOL time from Chordie? another funny part is the passers by when they're playing on the streets...wondering what the dickens they are doing...ha, ha...love it.

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Re: "New Music" Well-Played.....

That was pretty simple, but very well done ...

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4 Reply by Tenement Funster (edited by Tenement Funster 2018-02-05 11:13:49)

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Re: "New Music" Well-Played.....

Yep, that's an original alright ... brilliant use of a cello! I wonder if it's standard cello tuning (C - G - D - A) or re-tuned like a standard bass guitar (E - A - D - G)? It looks like he's using the cello tuning, but I'm not 100% sure.

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Bill love it !!  They are really good and very cool.

Love the choreography and the video shots.

Thanks for sharing.
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Bill love it !!  They are really good and very cool.

Love the choreography and the video shots.

Thanks for sharing.
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Re: "New Music" Well-Played.....

Strummerboy Bill wrote:

........ always brightens my day.

These guys are another example of what I mean. A cello used as a bass guitar??? The 2 guys in the middle never cracking a smile as they perform those little dance steps, and the lone banjo picker in the back ---- Great musicianship blended with a bit of comedy is just one of my favorite genres!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY

I enjoyed that a great deal! 

I've seen cello used in live performance in that manner twice before, and both on the same night.  It was a group show night at Tin Angel in Philadelphia. It was kind of like an Open Mic night, except it wasn't open. They had acts signed up in advance. It was a terrific musical night.  Anyway, two of the acts had a cellist who used one of those straps and added an amazing dimension to the two person performances with them. In each case, the other musician was playing guitar.  The cello & banjo combination worked better than you'd think it would if someone described it to you.

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Thanks for introducing these guys to me.Good old utube showing me bands i`d never hear else where.
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Catchy tune loved it. Thanks for posting.

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