Eddie Canter & His Applebuckers perform "(Just Gimme That) Applejack"

[Sentimental Gentleman]

Thank you very much for the comment and the compliment, EquestriaPenguin! I do, in fact, play all the instruments on that recording, though I like to pretend that it's a more "real" band by giving pseudonyms to all the "players" of the different instruments (Bix Bridlebecke, Duke Geldington, Paul Whitemane, and of course Eddie Canter). I'm not really a virtuoso on any of the instruments I play, but I think when they come together they sound at least a little decent.

I agree that it would be a little more Dixieland-esque, and maybe even a little nicer, with either of the instruments you mentioned, but unfortunately I don't play either of them. I play some clarinet, but not in a Dixieland style, and so it wouldn't really fit in. In making this music, I take my primary inspiration from the Mound City Blue Blowers. They were a group in the twenties that played hot jazz with a lineup of Comb and Tissue Paper, Kazoo, and Banjo...and they actually had a really big hit with their first record, "Arkansas Blues." I figure if they can make it with a line-up like that, so can I! Plus, it feels a little less stuffy and more D.I.Y. to play with jug band instruments, and I feel like jazz could use a little more of that spirit nowadays.

Also, may I say how much I love that gif in your signature?