Nanohedron wrote:
You could have fooled me. But then, all we were given was, what? Three slow notes? And on a dubious instrument of no tone that I'd put myself behind.
Well in all honesty I was not saying that he was a musician based on that flute performance. He does have his own band and has played out for years. They might be called "The Abiders" IIRC. What else would he call them, dude? He seems to favor a Gretsch Tennessean.

The man has played Austin City Limits. If that does not make him a bonafide musician, well, I don't know what else would.
And he is one of the "Fabulous Baker Boys". Is he not?

Nanohedron wrote:
Actually he has learned Transcendental Meditation, if anyone's counting. Rather different from Zen in terms of method.
Apologies for my personal ignorance. Should have said he is a man with many facets.
MTGuru wrote:
With the flared bell and breathy tone, that has to be a Tonette or Flutophone.
Hmmmm? Is it too long for a Tonette or Precorder? Gotta be 15-16 inches long. Bridges is not a small guy.
From what I can see, the instrument has a narrow blowpipe, a rather slim body profile and that flared bell. I was thinking some sort of flageolet derivative. But the sound is not right for that IMO. Is it possible audio/video magic? Google has not offered me any better hints. Who know what it is?
I do suppose it might be a Flutophone's profile. You could be right on that. I'll download the video and see what a frame by frame look offers. How's that for O/C?
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