Author Topic: Fuel Can Musical Instruments! (Read 25759 times)

Tom Niebuhr · « **on:** December 02, 2013, 08:58:55 AM »

My long time friend John LoRe and his wife Nita, have moved to Hot Springs AR. JOhn and his brother got me started in CL when we were in grade school.

They sent me this video. NOt the best sound, but certainly original with the right "roots".This is how

Here is John's introduction:

Here is a video of the Samantha Fish Blues Band.
Her electric guitar is made using a K&B fuel gallon can!
His electric bass is made using a Fox fuel gallon can!

I could not believe my eyes when I saw it, and I thought you would get a kick out of it too!

Here it is:

Randy Ryan · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2013, 10:21:40 AM »

COOL!!!! Kinda hard to concentrate on the "cans" tho if you get my drift!!!

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2013, 12:13:08 PM »

UUUUhhhhh.....Well, uuhhhh....OK...that's different!

I think I'll stick to Puccini!

Nice legs...

Randy Cuberly

Bill Morell · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2013, 02:32:48 PM »

Shouldn't this be in the Debate section so we can argue about which fuel can sounds the best??

Will Hinton · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2013, 04:07:45 PM »

Fuel cans? I don' see no steenking fuel cans!

I think my life may have just gotten easier! No more maple, walnut, koa, rosewood to cut and fuss over, just cans. Hmmmmmm - gotta think this one through.

Steve Helmick · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2013, 04:29:38 PM »

Shouldn't they be wearing PAMPA or Stunt Hangar T-shirts? $:-\$ Steve

Clint Ormosen · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2013, 09:50:17 PM »

That video is pure model airplane porn.

Think Ill watch it again!

Randy Ryan · « **Reply #7 on:** December 03, 2013, 12:32:03 PM »

Quote from: Randy Cuberly on December 02, 2013, 12:13:08 PM

UUUUhhhhh.....Well, uuhhhh....OK...that's different!

I think I'll stick to Puccini!

Nice legs...

Randy Cuberly

"Nice legs..."

My thoughts exactly including the terminations!

Ward Van Duzer · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2013, 10:36:56 AM »

Yea, but with all the excitement I did notice that the drummer in not using Rev-Up 12 X 6's...

W

Bill Mohrbacher · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2013, 07:31:37 AM »

Shouldn't someone get this to Bill Werwage?

MarcusCordeiro · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2013, 03:34:49 PM »

Good music indeed...
Nice vocal...

Marcus

Howard Rush · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2015, 10:55:18 PM »

I'm reviving this because of what I heard this evening on the way home from the flying field. It was Samantha Fish again. She lives in Kansas City, about 40 miles east of Jim Lee. Listen to this: .

Clint Ormosen · « **Reply #12 on:** August 17, 2015, 04:55:29 AM »

Tom Niebuhr · « **Reply #13 on:** August 17, 2015, 07:30:20 AM »

Ty said it. And, she can play the guitar. Much better than the rock distortion and ear piercing junk that unfortunately seems to be the norm. The rockers make millions while good musicians work for pennies.

Steve Thornton · « **Reply #14 on:** August 17, 2015, 09:41:02 AM »

I've seen a guitar made from a toilet seat aka, "The Comodiola" and one from a 195? Chevy hub cap, but there is something truly original about the glow fuel 'git fiddle! Samantha has a great blues voice...bet we haven't heard the last from her!

Mike Scholtes · « **Reply #15 on:** August 17, 2015, 11:40:28 AM »

She's playing a Fender StratoCanSter! Nothing so good as three-bar Blues, Puccini notwithstanding.

RknRusty · « **Reply #16 on:** August 17, 2015, 03:11:26 PM »

Thanks for bumping the thread, Howard.
When it first appeared here, I looked up Samantha Fish, watched some videos and listened to a good interview with her. I now have her in my Pandora shuffle mix and a screen shot of her and the band in my Windows desktop background slideshow. I love the Blues.
Rusty

bill bischoff · « **Reply #17 on:** August 17, 2015, 04:13:36 PM »

I pleased that nobody has stooped so low as to make a "nice cans" joke or remark, because that would be both vulgar and demeaning. I truly hope nobody goes there...

Chris McMillin · « **Reply #18 on:** August 17, 2015, 04:54:41 PM »

Quote from: Tom Niebuhr on August 17, 2015, 07:30:20 AM

Ty said it. And, she can play the guitar. Much better than the rock distortion and ear piercing junk that unfortunately seems to be the norm. The rockers make millions while good musicians work for pennies.

"Rock distortion" and "ear piercing junk", can you define that old man?
And, can you please tell me what part of the sound on the original video is "not the greatest"?

Chris...

wwwarbird · « **Reply #19 on:** August 17, 2015, 07:34:19 PM »

Very cool, and great music too! It would be really interesting to hear the story behind how they ended up with those fuel can gee-tars.

Andre Ming · « **Reply #20 on:** August 17, 2015, 08:25:21 PM »

Here many, many years ago I was going through my stored (at the time) C/L stuff to find that somehow, I still had a bit of fuel left in a gallon can of Fox Missile Mist. I ended up using the fuel and saving the can. Kept the can for years and years. (I think Fox Mfg. quit using cans in the late 70s?) It was in excellent condition. Well, many, many moons ago I ended up storing it up in the attic along with some other "stuff" that wasn't being used.

Fast forward a decade or two.

Shortly after re-activating my C/L hobby a couple years or so ago, I was up in the attic. While poking around I found the Missile Mist gallon can. Much to my dismay, it has imploded from the attic temperature extremes and is a total loss. Really sucks because I am a C/L nostalgic at heart, and seeing/having old things from my C/L youth years gives me warm fuzzies. I don't get warm fuzzies at seeing the old Missile Mist can now, instead I get PO'd at myself for not realizing what would happen to it up in the attic.

As for the fuel can guitars: Very neat. I do wonder what their connection to glow powered model airplanes would be??

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #21 on:** August 17, 2015, 08:28:06 PM »

I freely admit that this is a very good classic Blues Sound and I like it.

I listened to some of her other stuff on Utube and she really is an excellent musician witha great blues voice. I agree with the comment above that she will make her mark in the Blues Circles.

I probably should explain my earlier remarks. I've studied opera most of my life and actually sang professionally (small time stuff) as an operatic tenor hence the love for Puccini, but really like most styles of music especially Country, Bluegrass, and Blues!
I'm especially into Jazz Guitar as styled by Johnny Smith.

Randy Cuberly

Howard Rush · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2015, 11:04:21 PM »

When your left eye jumps
And your scores begin to fall,
Could be the Jive Combat Team
Is kickin' in your stall.

Phil Goldberg · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2015, 10:28:17 AM »

No matter what it is played on, it still sounds like ONE CHORD going on forever.

Dwayne · « **Reply #24 on:** August 18, 2015, 10:54:31 AM »

Quote from: Phil Goldberg on August 18, 2015, 10:28:17 AM

No matter what it is played on, it still sounds like ONE CHORD going on forever.

Which is why it's perfect for someone learning to play, sing and keep time at the same time. And perfect for jamming.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #25 on:** August 18, 2015, 12:09:44 PM »

My son, JJ alias John Jared, knows Samantha. Says she opened for his group, "Villians Dance" a couple of years ago. He is the lead singer for the group. His Mother and I went and watched them perform one night at Harrahs in KCMo. His Mother was not too enthused. But, it is what he likes to do and is keeping him from being my pilot. Me I like most kinds of music.

Phil Goldberg · « **Reply #26 on:** August 18, 2015, 04:00:01 PM »

Stravinsky saying...... "Everybody is an expert in two things..... one, the thing they are an expert in, and two, music. I also wonder if the tone can be mellowed out by adding a little castor to the cans.

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #27 on:** August 18, 2015, 07:34:38 PM »

Quote from: Howard Rush on August 17, 2015, 11:04:21 PM

When your left eye jumps
And your scores begin to fall,
Could be the Jive Combat Team
Is kickin' in your stall.

The Stall is solid and the left eye still
The only thing fallin'
is the Jive Combat Team's
Will!

bill bischoff · « **Reply #28 on:** August 18, 2015, 08:35:14 PM »

Is that some of that there Pucinni? All I can find on the U tubes is Puccini.

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #29 on:** August 18, 2015, 08:47:06 PM »

Quote from: bill bischoff on August 18, 2015, 08:35:14 PM

Is that some of that there Pucinni? All I can find on the U tubes is Puccini.

Ahhhh....Just dumb fingers and a very old brain..

I did spell it right in my original post near the top of this thread...So There!

Did you listen to Nessun Dorma?

Randy Cuberly

Phil Goldberg · « **Reply #30 on:** August 18, 2015, 11:18:03 PM »

Hi Ty. I am a professional musician and have been for almost 50 years. I hope I have learned something. Believe me Delta Blues is not where it all started.

Author Topic: Fuel Can Musical Instruments! (Read 25759 times)

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