Musical Instruments
 

Other night Emeril live was on. Was a band member who had a shiny cylinder and was making a noise, music with it. What is it? Looks like something we made as kids from a can and hair from a horse's tail, little pine rosin. Can't rmember what we called it. I know some on here play drums & in bands so can someone help me out?

Was it just a shaker of some kind? Looked like a martini shaker, and went "sshhtt, sshhtt..."?

Not a shaker. I never saw him use it. Just some off the wall sounds while the band was playing. Reminded me of the above can thing. Think was called a bull something, if I can remeber till coffee time I'll ask someone.

That sounds like a theremin, but they are supposed to be really hard to play.

What was the band name?

A theremin consists of a box, a hoop, an upright antenna looking thingy and a lot of electronic circuitry. You can't mistake it for anything else, whether you see it or hear it.

Hey cool! There's a theramin orchestra in Austin, TX!! (I know the lady on the left. She is very, very cool).

Guess it's the Emeril live band? Foodnetwork.

The name of the thing is "dumb bull." This is what I found on Google. " Bob Short had a dumb-bull,a keg with a strip of raw-hide stretched across one end like
a drum-head, while the other remained open. A waxed cord
inserted in the middle of the drum-head, and reaching down
through the keg, completed the instrument. The pulling of
the hand over this cord made a hideous bellowing, hence
its name.