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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.
As Washtub Jerry tells it, he has played in New York City's Carnegie
Hall to a standing ovation.
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