Jesse Fuller, the great one man band of the Bay Area, wrote and recorded San Francisco Bay Blues in the 1950s, playing 12-string guitar, harmonica, bass drum, high-hat cymbal, “fotdella,” and kazoo. Peter, Paul, and Mary famously covered it in 1965, keeping only the kazoo in their live appearances (but not on the record). Fuller’s “fotdella” was a six-string bass of his own devising, played with foot pedals.
The clips are posted on The Faculty Lounge.
Posted by Steve Lubet on May 6, 2023 at 05:47 AM