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What did The Beatles, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Van Morisson and Queen's Brian May all do before they became rock gods?
They grabbed Granny's washboard, Mum's best cutlery, Dad's busted broom and an old tea chest out of the loft and formed a band!
It's time to take a nostalgic journey back to the 1950's Skiffle boom in England when the kids turned everyday household items into great music and went on to make rock history.
This interactive family show features lots of quirky old time instruments and a hideous amount of crashing, banging and chaos. Let’s call it a music & history lesson rolled into one… with a touch of mayhem and a big dollop of good humour.
Parents be very afraid… your pots and pans will never be safe in the cupboard again.
The Backyard Skiffle Band family show was written by Davey at Backyard Music for The World Buskers Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand and has been performed at many events since.
The show is approximately 40 minutes in duration with the additional option of a workshop after the show.
Davey is a passionate, high energy, professional musician & tutor. He firmly believes that every child has natural rhythm and musical ability and they are often completely unaware of this.
The show teaches kids the history of Skiffle music in 1950’s England and the impact it had on modern rock music. Without Skiffle, John Lennon wouldn’t have met Paul McCartney…. imagine a world without The Beatles!
Most importantly, just like John and Paul, it gets the kids playing music and having fun.
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Information for schools
The show aims to wrangle a group of kids to form a band ‘on the fly’ playing the traditional instruments of the Skiffle era (most of which they have never seen before). I explain the history of the instruments and the part they played in everyday living in post war England. I am constantly amazed how he can draw this music out of the kids and at the positive effects such an experience can have on them. Believe me, the results are inspiring!
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I am also able to present and more in-depth workshop after the show teaching them one of the classic skiffle songs with 'solos'
please watch the video below bout the song I will be teaching.