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Country music is characterized by the fiddle, which is European in nature, the banjo, which was developed by African-Americans, and various improvised percussion which mostly was just what was had on hand in the homes of folk musicians, such as washboards and glass bottles, along with guitars, drumsets, string basses, and other such members of the jazz ensemble.

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Country music is characterized by the fiddle, which is European in nature, the banjo, which was developed by African-Americans, and various improvised percussion which mostly was just what was had on hand in the homes of folk musicians, such as washboards and glass bottles, along with guitars, drumsets, string basses, and other such members of the jazz ensemble.

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There is also some in the forest service and government who see the $$ opportunities here by having the road obliteration projects and less money spent on road maintenance so they can fatten other parts of the budget that are better for careers and politics than grading washboards and cleaning culverts ....

Grizzly Plan Could Deny Hunter Access 2009

I have been chased onto the washboards by smaller fish with less teeth.

1,150 Pounds of Attitude 2009

Another New York weed that sprouted at SUNY-Purchase, O 'Death is a gaggle of urban cowpokes who sound like they' d be more comfortable banging washboards in a junkyard than finding artisan cornbread in Brooklyn.

Starting Gun Sounds at CMJ Marathon Greater New York Staff 2010

I have been chased onto the washboards by smaller fish with less teeth.

1,150 Pounds of Attitude 2009

The main course, musically, will be the Hot Sardines jazz band, a plucky two-beat outfit of younger traditional players featuring washboards and tap-dancers.

Swinging Into November Will Friedwald 2010

There is also some in the forest service and government who see the $$ opportunities here by having the road obliteration projects and less money spent on road maintenance so they can fatten other parts of the budget that are better for careers and politics than grading washboards and cleaning culverts ....

Grizzly Plan Could Deny Hunter Access 2009

It swung hard, drew audiences into a deep blues feeling, and often incorporated theatrical elements: Once, women with washboards, soap and water scrubbed away to the band's rhythms onstage.

A Bluesman at Home in New York Jazz 2010

The radio was off as well, and the only noise was the rattle and clatter of the track as it bounced over the ruts and washboards of the rough road.

Baby Games Chelsea White 2010