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Recorded at the 19th Newcastle (Australia) Jazz Festival, August 2006.

Bob’s washboard had fallen apart as it was being unloaded from his car prior to the gig at The Gold Coast Jazz and Blues Club near Brisbane, Australia, in early 2009. After performing a hasty and rudimentary repair, he approached the washboard tune “Knockabout Trolls” later that evening with confidence – misplaced as it turned out, as this clip reveals. He had explained the earlier mishap to the audience prior to the tune; so they were not entirely surprised, but nevertheless, greatly amused.

Recorded at the 19th Newcastle (Australia) Jazz Festival, August 2006.

Recorded at the Gold Coast Jazz and Blues Club, 2009.

Recorded at the 19th Newcastle (Australia) Jazz Festival, August 2006.