Shane SpealMay 161 minFreak One-String Instrument from Vaudeville - 1920A scarcely recognizable, but truly lineal descendant of the humble cigar-box fiddle has made its maiden appearance on the American vaudevill
Shane SpealMay 111 min1924 Cigar Box Contest - Guitars, Pin Hole Camera, more...The publication challenged its readers to create new things from empty boxes. Of course, a one-string cigar box violin is mentioned
Shane SpealMar 132 minPhotos: Cigar Box Instruments from 1922 BookPhotos of cigar box fiddles, cellos and other instruments from 1922 book, Creative Music for Children by Satis N. Coleman.
Shane SpealDec 24, 20212 minBob Ice's Homemade Bass - New Orleans, 1959New Orleans musician, Bob Ice and his 2-string plywood bass fiddle. Zanco says, "It produces a very effective sound; if you would
Shane SpealDec 18, 20211 minInsane Guitar/Drum PatentJohn Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful discovered this patent and mailed it to Shane Speal several years ago. It shows a rectangle guitar...
Shane SpealJul 29, 20211 minFour-String Cigar Box Guitar Part of MIM Museum CollectionPhotos taken from MIM.org Among the 15,000 instruments under curation at the massive Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix AZ, the...
Shane SpealSep 18, 20202 min1886 Cigar Box Guitar Story: Little Boy Musician in Galveston, TXImagine digging through countless newspaper articles for any mention of a cigar box guitar and then discovering a full story of a young...
Shane SpealSep 14, 20206 minCigar Box Guitar Heroes: Music legends and their cigar box guitarsThe 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...
Shane SpealSep 4, 20201 minHenry Wood's Cigar Box Violin Story, 1940'sI’d snatch a violin bow and I’d play that one-string fiddle while Mr. Statz would try to make his announcements...
Shane SpealSep 4, 20203 minIs 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