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Hambone Everyone, Hambone

My Daddy was a Hambonist, a Body Percussionist

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” — Bob Marley

“Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” — Jimi Hendrix

“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.” — Herbie Hancock

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My daddy…..

I remember as a child my daddy, Bobby Ray Guthrie, Sr. was a wonderful, fun-loving daddy.

He made all 4 of us a homemade lunch of chili beans, hotwater cornbread, mixed salad, and banana pudding from scratch and we ate and got as full as a tick. We were smiling and thanking daddy because this was one of our favorite meals.

After lunch, while sitting at the table he moved his chair back from the table a foot or two and he started slapping the sides of his legs, thighs, and chest and…