Water Pump Blues


Watching this video of Bottleneck John playing the blues to the rhythm of an old water pump made me think of the White Trash Washing Machine, the only difference being that this one doesn’t seem to be done quite as much for laughs.

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.

Filmed at Arvemuséet, Sweden by Christer Ljungeaus.

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