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"when used in folk and bluegrass music, the instrument can also be referred to as an upright bass, standup bass, bass fiddle, ...doghouse bass, dog-house, ...or bunkhouse bass." (Wikipedia)

My father, Charlie, played the bass in a Canadian band in the 1950s hence the name!

Archive for April, 2007

Please, Mr Custer…

Larry Verne’s novelty song now hits pretty close to home.
And not because I suggested to my mother that the song was the Hamilton Tiger Cats (CFL) fight song. (Born and raised in Hamilton, my mother’s only regret in life is raising a Toronto Argonaut fan (me), but I digress )
But for an encounter […]

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