Not to detract from Jimmy Driftwood, because he WAS quite the character and musician, but you can hear & see the mouthbow played by Bruce Hutton, a fellow who has lived in the Wash. DC area for many years. (I've known him for 30 years)

If you have broadband, click on the show noted at this page It is an hour long show, but the mouthbow is played at about 3 minutes in.


I have heard stuff by Jimmy Driftwood for many years, and have one LP album by him. He had a real sense of history and an uncanny way of drawing his audience into his stories & songs...like Red River Dave & Woodie Guthrie, many of his songs were forgettable, but the good ones were mini-classics. If you get a chance, pick up something by him and hear a real classic 'folkie'.