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03 Dec 12 - 07:06 PM (#3446416) Subject: Playing The Ugly Stick From: Sandy Mc Lean Any Ugly Stick players out there? Gonna make one when I get roundtoit. Can anyone lend me a boot? UglyStick Making One |
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03 Dec 12 - 09:30 PM (#3446482) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: JohnInKansas Roundtoits are usually harder to find than an old boot. Being flexible enough to incorporate other toits may make it easier to get the job done. Gettoits are among the rarest, but can make some of the finest examples of the art if one can be found and properly used. We had a fairly extensive thread on the subject of the ugly stick not too long ago, but they've been called so many things (%!#@$^! or &%^$%#? come to mind) that I apparently don't remember the term(s) applied there, so my initial search failed to produce a useful result. Maybe someone with a better memory (or at least some memory ...) can tell us where to find it. John |
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03 Dec 12 - 10:37 PM (#3446513) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: Gurney Called in Australasia a 'Lagerphone,' for obvious reasons. Called by the police 'An Offensive Weapon,' on occasion. |
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03 Dec 12 - 11:15 PM (#3446525) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: Beer Sandy you brought back memories and I am definitely going to get in me workshop tomorrow and make one. Thanks so much. Adrien |
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03 Dec 12 - 11:17 PM (#3446526) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: Beer Oh!! and I have been saving my bottle caps for the past 10 years or so. I have buckets of them. Now i can start a business. Yahoo!!! ad. |
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04 Dec 12 - 04:37 AM (#3446606) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: Leadfingers Also called a Zob Stick in some circles ! I think they actually originated in Oz , and also get called Fosterphones if that is your preferred bottled pop . A complication is to have a row of notches in the shorter stick for a 'better' Rhythm application . |
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04 Dec 12 - 08:57 AM (#3446747) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for the links, Sandy. I had never heard of this instrument. Here's a chap exploring its full potential: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ffZNaL4pc |
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04 Dec 12 - 09:33 AM (#3446765) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: JohnInKansas Previous thread at: Lagerphone build recommendations please! May have information and discussion of interest. This thread ran from approx June 2010 to June 2012. There has been discussion/comment in at least a few other threads, but I think this was about the most complete discussion within the recent past. Occasional comments about, or references to, these instruments appear in threads related to Morris Dancing, and also where associated with jug bands, washtub basses, tea chest basses, washboards, and other "found instruments" or other musical "accidents of nature." John |
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04 Dec 12 - 11:57 AM (#3446866) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: Girl Friday Lagerphone or jingle stick... we made one out of a laburnum branch. Too heavy for us to use though. Gave it to a friend who Morris Dances. |
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04 Dec 12 - 12:38 PM (#3446897) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: GUEST,leeneia Now I remember seeing this instrument played by polka bands in Pennsylvania. I suppose that's why it's called a Lagerphone at times. And don't I recall hearing something similar in Andean music? It was on a recording of a famous "Gloria Dios" in Spanish, but based on Andean tradition. Perhaps someone else can recall the name of that famous composition. |
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04 Dec 12 - 05:29 PM (#3447057) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: vectis This is an all English "boozerphone being played with The Seaford Residents band. http://www.seafordfolkclub.com/ |
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04 Dec 12 - 06:33 PM (#3447078) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: GUEST Here's a you tube ugly stick lesson from Share Cropper Mike. |
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25 Apr 13 - 02:53 PM (#3508793) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: GUEST,GUEST I saw a band playing in Blackheath back in the 70's who used both an Ugly Stick and a washboard (played with thimbles). |
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26 Apr 13 - 02:11 AM (#3508997) Subject: RE: Playing The Ugly Stick From: Sandra in Sydney In 1952 the first Australian Bush Band, The Bushwhackers introduced the lagerphone to public consciousness & they have been a feature of bush band ever since. Bush music is the songs & tunes of 19th & early 20th century Australia that our ancestors played & listened to before the radio took over. It also included traditional style songs & tunes. album - The Lagerphone - old & new Follow the link to the lagerphohe site for it's history in Australia. Check out the pink girly one on page 4 & Frank's wasp-waisted example on page 2 which has been in use for 50 years & replaced one he made in the mid 50s. |