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Tuba Skinny is an American street band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for their performances of early jazz, ragtime, and blues music of the 1920s and 1930s. In contrast to many pre-revival and
Tuba Skinny performing in 2022
Several members of Tuba Skinny performing on the streets of New Orleans circa November 2009: Erika Lewis (far left), Gregory Sherman (banjo), and Todd Burdick (tuba). Barnabus Jones (trombone) and Shaye Cohn (cornet) are partly visible.
Todd Burdick
Barnabus Jones
The washboard and frottoir are used as a percussion instrument, employing the ribbed metal surface of the cleaning device as a rhythm instrument. As traditionally used in jazz, zydeco, skiffle, jug ba
Tuba Skinny
…jazz in the days before phonographs became widely available. The band's instrumentation includes cornet, clarinet, trombone, tuba, tenor banjo, guitar, frottoir, and vocals. As a busking band, the group has performed on city streets and at music festivals around the world, including Mexico, Sweden, Australia…
Washboard player accompanying piano
A busker in Madison, Wisconsin, playing a washboard
Steve Katz