Sunday, January 19, 2025

Pumpin' the Blues



Swedish bluesman Bottleneck John performs “Preaching the Blues” using a water pump as the rhythm section.
The waterpump blues duo - Live by the lakeside!!
Water splashing and rhythm swinging - I dig it, folks. This pump is simply awesome, so I HAD to go back and jam some more with it! Here's another clip featuring my National Duolian and this old, very old invention called a hydraulic ram pump!! It's just freakin' cool how steady and laidback it can provide this groovy beat!!!!! The lyrics are from Son House's song: Preaching the blues.
(via Laughing Squid)

3 comments:

Bruce said...

Nice. But that's going to be a tough act to take on the road.

Anonymous said...

One Pump John has got to be the worst blues name in history.

Anonymous said...

Actually all you need is two tanks of water. One above the pump with an output (to supply water to be pumped) and an input higher than that (to catch the water the pump will send up), and another to catch the water the pump must release at its own level.