Speak the rhythm all alone, Spoonman

May 3, 2006 12:00 AM

Video of guitarist who plays slide with a spoon held in his mouth.
posted by KevinSkomsvold (11 comments total)

I need to stay up and read MeFi really late more often! Exploding ships, mouth-slide guitarists...awesomagnifisplenderific!
posted by notsnot at 12:13 AM on May 3, 2006

Just beautiful... Need more of that spoon fix!
posted by lorbus at 1:01 AM on May 3, 2006

On the day that I had already pledged to buy myself the nicest slide I can find in Denmark Stree, you show me that and make me all confused again!!

Fantastic!
posted by catchmurray at 3:39 AM on May 3, 2006

hmmm ... that kind of reminds me of the hawaiian slack key trick of dangling a needle from a thread in one's mouth and letting it hit the strings ... different sound

this was very cool
posted by pyramid termite at 4:25 AM on May 3, 2006

Excellent post, what a cool find! I may have to buy that Karoo Kitaar Blues video.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:33 AM on May 3, 2006

Great stuff. Thanks.
posted by dios at 8:02 AM on May 3, 2006

A basic trick, but I may have to give this a go... people seem to like it!
posted by BobsterLobster at 8:19 AM on May 3, 2006

beautiful! makes me wish i was on a tropical island.
posted by gnutron at 10:18 AM on May 3, 2006

*puts on cock ring, grabs guitar*
posted by quonsar at 3:05 PM on May 3, 2006

Thing is, it's not really a trick. What separates this from gimmicky things like playing behind your back or whatever is that this is totally useful - it's like he has three hands. He can play rhythm and lead at the same time. What a beautiful song, too.
posted by ORthey at 5:06 PM on May 3, 2006

Cool! Sounds a little like Jesse Fuller if you're interested in similar music.
posted by Frank Grimes at 7:12 PM on May 3, 2006