Comb and paper
Comb and paper is a rudimentary
Playing comb and paper is sometimes called "blue-blowing", possibly in reference to Mound City Blue Blowers. [4]
Comb and paper used to be one of many improvised musical instruments to accompany country–western dances. [5]
Notable uses
The 1923-1936 jazz band Mound City Blue Blowers had Red McKenzie playing comb and tissue paper.[6][7]
The unusual noises heard in the Beatles song "Lovely Rita" after the lines "and the bag across her shoulder / made her look a little like a military man" were made with a comb and paper.[8]
Jimi Hendrix played comb and paper on his 1968 single recording of "Crosstown Traffic".
Lyricist Dorothy Fields wrote the line ‘I’m tissue paper on a comb’ in the song ‘I’m A Brass Band’ sung by Shirley MacLaine in the movie Sweet Charity.[9]
Graham Nash played comb and paper on "Sleep Song" from his 1971 album, Songs for Beginners.
In the 1994 film Three Colours: White, protagonist Karol Karol plays comb and paper for money in a metro station after losing his salon.
In 2015, IT consultant Narinder Dhani performed "
Song titles
- 1950: "The Comb and Paper Polka", by Doris Day
- 1955: "Comb and Paper Blues", from a single by Ivor Kirchin
- 1967: "Camp", by Sir Henry and his Butlers
- 1971: "My Lady (Nana)" / "Tissue Paper & Comb", a single by Clive Dunn
See also
References
- ^ James Lincoln Collier, Jug Bands and Handmade Music: A Creative Approach to Music Theory and the Instruments, 1973, p.90
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eunuch Flute". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 891.
- ^ Musical instruments of the world: an illustrated encyclopedia, Paddington Press, 1976 p. 161
- Oxford Music Online
- ISBN 0-292-71551-X
- Allmusic
- ^ Condon, Eddie (1956). We Called It Music. London: Jazz Book Club. p. 181.
- ^ Lewisohn 1988, pp. 104.
- ^ Lyrics to ‘I’m A Brass Band’ ‘I’m A Brass Band’
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Britain's Got Talent 2015 S09E12 Semi-Finals Narinder Dhani Plays the Comb. YouTube.
- ISBN 0-517-57066-1.