04 Mar Highlight of the Week
Remembering the first Minstrel Rhythm Bones Player - Frank Brower Frank Brower (after photoshop cleanup) ...
03 Mar Yes Sir, Mr Bones Movie is back
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Freeman Davis, known at Brother Bones was a great rhythm bones player as shown in the movie, "Yes, Sir, Mr. Bones.' It has shown up on YouTube though it taken down I assume because it is copyrighted. Well it is aback, and click HERE to...
02 Mar Bones Fest III Video Highlights
Video highlights from Bones Fest III when the Rhythm Bones Society was organized. This is a higher resolution version that replaces a previous version. ...
01 Mar supercalifragilisticexpialidocious With Rhythm Bones
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Recently found this movie clip on Scott' Miller's 'Bones Dry Musical Instrument Co' website.. Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke sing this song with a cartoon band with a rhythm bones player. Click HERE to watch it. it ...
14 Feb Ted Goon Museum Exhibit Updated
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For those interested in Ted "Mr Goon-Bones" Goon, His Exhibit in the Museum has been been updated with a lost page titled Ted Goon - Anthology of of His Recordings that lists with comments 35 of his 36 known recordings. ...
02 Feb Rhythm Bones Player, Vol 26, No 4 is online
There is good and not so good news this February. The good news is the last issue of the Rhythm Bones Player newsletter for 2024 is posted with another article by Tom Connolly, Preliminary Bones Fest XXIX information, an interesting story by our BFXXIX host...
13 Jan Bones Fest XXIX in Natick, Massachusetts
Bruno Giles has announced preliminary information about Bones Fest XXIX. It will be in Natick, MA (Boston area) on August 7-9, 2025. So put this date on your calendar and wait for more details soon. ...
11 Jan Two Very talented Italian Players
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Marco Vergari (left) e Alessandro Casini (right) playing NACCHERE TOSCANE (Italian for rhythm bones). ...
10 Jan Sandor Smolovits’ New article on Percy Danforth
Sandor Slomovits has written a great article on Percy Danforth complete with images we have not seen before. ...
10 Jan Walter Messick Has Passed
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Walter Messick passed away on February 28, 2022, and his formal obituary is at https://www.dispatch.com/obituaries/b0058918. He was primarily a creator and seller of handcrafted dulcimers, and his instruments won numerous awards and were sold around the world.He also made a variety of other folk instruments...