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Sep 22, 2020
2 min

Virginia's Cigar Box Fiddle, May 3, 1946

Several weeks ago, I received a message from fellow cigar box guitarist, Clint Herriman stating that he had discovered another historic...

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1886 Cigar Box Guitar Story: Little Boy Musician in Galveston, TX

Shane Speal

Sep 18, 2020
2 min

1886 Cigar Box Guitar Story: Little Boy Musician in Galveston, TX

Imagine digging through countless newspaper articles for any mention of a cigar box guitar and then discovering a full story of a young...

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Cigar Box Guitar Heroes: Music legends and their cigar box guitars

Shane Speal

Sep 14, 2020
6 min

Cigar Box Guitar Heroes: Music legends and their cigar box guitars

The Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band, New Orleans LA, 1899 “So I went ahead and made me a guitar. I got me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in...

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Henry Wood's Cigar Box Violin Story, 1940's

Shane Speal

Sep 4, 2020
1 min

Henry Wood's Cigar Box Violin Story, 1940's

I’d snatch a violin bow and I’d play that one-string fiddle while Mr. Statz would try to make his announcements...

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Shane Speal

Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Is this the original Hurdy Gurdy Man?

There was a Turk, of a most pompous appearance, who entertained crowds in the street by playing on an instrument of five strings passed over

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Cigar Box Guitar Articles

Virginia's Cigar Box Fiddle, May 3, 1946

1886 Cigar Box Guitar Story: Little Boy Musician in Galveston, TX

Cigar Box Guitar Heroes: Music legends and their cigar box guitars

Henry Wood's Cigar Box Violin Story, 1940's

Is this the original Hurdy Gurdy Man?

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