Dem Bones Dem Bones

Mike Passerotti's YouTube Video Summary

(Please send additions or corrections to mikepasserotti@hotmail.com )

Rhythm Bones is a musical instrument.  And yet playing bones is a performing art.  Take a walk through videos of many bones artists and discover new styles, new movements, new/old costumes, and new sounds.  I spent some 15 years thinking that bones was only a blues and jazz type instrument.  Thanks to the internet and RBS, the truth is now known that rattling spans every continent, every tonque, every music style.  See what others are playing, and post your own video.  When you post your video, make sure you tell us about it so we can add it to the growing list.

Aaron Plunket - Bones Intructional Video: Sample excerpt
Aaron Plunket - World Beat Sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUv0FXTb47c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5K67Qpmgg
Anthony (LimerickLad25) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cRcZ3No60
Barry Patton World Class Bones player (Barry "Bones" Patton) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDMwl7T6JTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1SR5qipe8Q
Breandan O Beaglaioch - Hornpipe
Paddy "Sport" Murphy, all Ireland bone playing champion 5 times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4hft4-IxV0
Brothers: Guy and Pip Gillette http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkbvBe_sxCM
Carolina Chocolate Drops (Dom Flemons) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGzGyLk4pNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKJHe7XEaW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nliiRDmBbEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCLd41AT8cU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96r-NzQ3Smc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIoDmkXyqE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg0V3ESb2F8
Dave Hare - Camp Lincoln String Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuk13SpbF1c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYXBUAlh_L8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSlJd6eifpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTj5LcuzQWo
Dom Flemons how to play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMokBr9cTxM
Dom Flemons and Rowan Corbett jam on Bones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLazWX8uxPU
Dom Flemons with Scott Miller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umssbfrSPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ky0FpuhsA
Clif Ervin bones & Chris Coole banjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnUjERsFLlo
Darrell Flanery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADmjFTiUq8w
Ernie Gordon - Amazing bones playing with harmonica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crNpp5zi3kw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ751Ss6GQ4
Francis Craig and his orchestra - Play Them Bones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhS3vQ8xsqI
Gene, a.k.a. Doc MacGillicuddy On The Bones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1cMtDDC7fY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkwn9wGfrQ
Gilles Lapierre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GY9l1RuMdA
Grandad MacDonald Playin' the Bones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjEMzV14HXY
Greg Adams, Carl Anderton, Tim Twiss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x3Ajm4sr7E
Greg Burrows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeZkfp1Asf4
Hillar Bergman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3TszZGDcA
Hoss on the Rattle Bones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RGMUEGlSpk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4NEr0SI3vc
JC Burris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edX_vVtmdTA
Jes Lund II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYyrcTf6D74
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPZeAMshDtM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Rjd-DAVtM
Jack Frost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_R9FvUQtGk
Jeff Lefferts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l320W5TQCJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCFukAxO_aI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAM1aAAzaiA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWHeWXHsoI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l320W5TQCJk
Jerry and Sharon Mescher and Jerry's Sister Bernie Worrell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbEEMoKOopo
Albert Mescher and Jerry Mescher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlRG0ANd2yQ
John 'Bones' Nobles and Steve Rattlebrained Listos: Shave Yo' legs - Swamp Train - Keb' Mo cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_-f3hYHQ4
John Henry Nobles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFKjBdpYf0
Ken Sweeney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRITMKuiwAg
Kenny Wolin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkBpXTFj2M
Ken Wolin and Tim Reilly
Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ILsFuxng54
Kyle Pretzl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHL75zwNvc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMxKfCOh_7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVYilKX1GXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OqCRTCFVWc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTR-xRlmb3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJGLeGA34T0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHN2sBFWMUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tMQfHjzgDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwzIkQcJoO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuurLWh6WKk
http://www.youtube.com/user/oldcremona
Mel Mercier
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and Mel Mercier at a charity event in Limerick's St. Mary's Cathedral in September 2009

Mel Mercier and Gerry Murray playing a polka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibjds5PIyMk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDEbaAt0v40
Michael Metzler / Mel Mercier
Mel had been accompanied by Gerry Murray (accordeon), Michael Metzler (medieval castagnettes) and Thórralf (Bodhrán)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXICzDwCfhE
Michael Baytop & Nicholas Spicer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdLRWbCeZi8
Mickie Zekley
Bones & Skin performed by the Zekley Family Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o69rxh5I10
Mike Passerotti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Vizm7YlxI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqLcvYOGIRg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOFYv4dXzG8
Dan and Mike Passerotti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhXsuoEisoM
Mitch Boss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du-0rfyxG0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZLd-kNb9Y
Percy Danforth & David Holt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNEHsVSZ8dI
Rob Folboteur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoMULc4QU9Q
Rob Schneider aka "Folboteur"
Rhythm Quest
Rhythm Bones Technical Rudiments Tutorial 1
Rhythm Bones Hemiola
http://www.youtube.com/user/folboteur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KTT-IjlDJU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kk2YvRAHDU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zql4IbW44SY
Roy Clarke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo4G18MhvdE
Scott Miller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UOhduPeBUQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZFOsrYFTY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMVHmBvj6w
http://www.youtube.com/user/bonedrymusic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3iZGU4jLk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wja_RHIUmhs
Scott Miller with the Carolina Chocolate Drops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umssbfrSPY
Spike Bones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMegTzLeJ8
Don DeCamp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcdCHlJRlRQ
Jonnathan Danforth on fiddle & Dennis Riedesel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqY4dn2bKJA
Steve Brown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaY8sit6R30
Steve Rattlebrained Litsios http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8pWn5fnaNg
Tinsmith (Rowan Corbett) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gww4Dyoi5-U
Tom Breathe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ltzekqKM7k
Rhythm Bones percussion workshop by the "Fiddling Thomsons," Newmarket Heritage Festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ-upvlVM9U
Vash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU31eqwC3w4
Yoppy Kyabetsu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebSBcvj1kD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cDDURKV7Rg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6U4fe-TyoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KwYDK7V1TM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXbzkFlndF8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4odNCj7oJVY
Rob Rudin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qGKZIGnpgU
Wayne Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaK6u91avuQ
Sky Bartlett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtXayGVttm0
Sky Bartlett and Ernie Duffy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp4sVvDfdUQ
Sky Bartlett, Ernie Duffy & Don DeCamp - 3 generations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORtSWAfcMcM
Spencer (no bones video yet) http://www.youtube.com/user/plucknpick
Mr. Woods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRgW2Oj4uIU
James Thorpe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoFd2gpIExU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdeULqfR7jE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy84weMlsTs

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