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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!

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BBC Radio 7 Seasonal Programs

The Selection
Barry Cryer’s Christmas Selection Box - Part 1
Radio 7 favourite Barry Cryer unpacks the first of two Christmas comedy hampers. Geoffrey Perkins and Angus Deayton lead the festive broadcast of Radio Active’s Christmas Turkey (20/12/1983 ); the audience puts a rocking-horse at the centre of the celebrations for The Masterson Inheritance Christmas Special (25/12/1993); […]

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Blogging

Frankly, the blogging function on this site has been largely ignored. While I may post something interesting from time to time, it’s more likely that I will post breaking news and such to one of my other sites, such as the Untimely Thoughts yahoo group, or breaking radio related news to one of my blogs […]

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AM740 Presents Bennie Goodman at Carnegie Hall