Uke, washboard, and kazoo music from 1928

Amy Crehore found this video of Eddie Thomas and Carl Scott playing "My Ohio Home." Hokum Music on YouTube

[#1 posted by pizzaboxbeercan , November 30, 2008 5:50 PM]

The Guy playing the Washboard looks like Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis

[#2 posted by JimXugle , November 30, 2008 7:33 PM]

I think you just found the world's oldest music video.

[#3 posted by assumetehposition , November 30, 2008 9:17 PM]

That's keepin' it real. But is it really Hokum?

[#4 posted by David Guerrero , November 30, 2008 9:24 PM]

I dunno...I'd be interested to see more details about the recording. If it is fake, nice job.

[#5 posted by Cory Doctorow , November 30, 2008 9:36 PM]

They're fantastic.

[#6 posted by Russell Letson , November 30, 2008 10:03 PM]

No, it's not hokum, but the footage is genuine--unless the Yazoo video compilation that must be the source ("Times Ain't Like They Used to Be") is a put-on, too.

[#7 posted by texasroute66 , December 1, 2008 1:38 AM]

Thanks for the uke!

[#8 posted by jeshii , December 1, 2008 5:50 AM]

Wow, it is stuff like this that remind me there is culture in America.

[#9 posted by danwarning , December 1, 2008 7:15 AM]

Here's a link to the whole thing, complete with a great bit of acting in the introduction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtbhE6s4wHE

"Someone been usin' my instrument to wash on!"

Classic.

[#10 posted by Justin Ried , December 1, 2008 7:44 AM]

As an aspiring, semi-professional kazoo man myself, I have to say his technique is pitch perfect. Wonderful video.

[#11 posted by TOMTOM , December 1, 2008 10:52 AM]

My dad plays the washboard and I wanted to send him this clip. But I can hear a lot more instruments than just the ukulele and the washboard ( and I can hardly hear the washboard). Is the soundtrack genuine?

[#12 posted by stuckie27 , December 2, 2008 9:13 AM]

Randomly enough I was watching a film last night that used this exact same clip to talk about new influences in the music made by while people in North Carolina.

The film was High Lonesome and is the story of Bill Monroe and Bluegrass music and how it has come to be.

Might enjoy it..