How to Play the Bones
Free to Watch • 3m 37s
Dom gives a lesson on playing the bones. Whether your bones are traditional bones or wooden ones, Dom Flemons can teach you how to play them with both hands.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dom Flemons
Silver Springs, MD
Dom Flemons is an award-winning musician, singer-songwriter, and slam poet. Carrying on the songster tradition, Flemons strives to mix traditional music forms with a contemporary approach to create new sounds that appeal to wider audiences. He began his career as a performer in the Arizona music scene, where he produced 25 albums for singer-songwriters and slam poets in Phoenix. In 2005, Flemons co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops; he released his first solo album, "Prospect Hill," in 2014. His most recent album, "Black Cowboys," was released in 2018 through Smithsonian Folkways and was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2018 Grammys.
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