Saturday night concert June 21, 2008
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Washtub Jerry, Musician
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The farther you live from what some people consider
civilization, the more self reliant and innovative you have to be. You have
to admire a guy who enters a field and actually creates his own genre by
making a musical instrument with which to conquer a niche that any other
mortal is afraid to even challenge. That is exactly what Washtub Jerry has
done. He is the only 'tub-bass' player in the field of cowboy entertainment
today. Which, incidentally, is the only kind of bass a cowboy can afford. Not
only that, he may very well be the hardest working man in the business. You
won't go to any show where Washtub is performing that you don't find
performers lined up to get him to play backup bass for them and I have yet to
see him turn one of them down. In addition, he understands more about music
theory than any music teacher I know and can illustrate it to you on his
unique instrument with the skill of a philharmonic surgeon. And, to top it
off, 'Wash' was recently named "Instrumentalist of the Year" at the
International Western Music Association Festival in Tucson, Arizona.
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