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The great comedian performing a routine featuring a one-string cigar box fiddle - from the motion picture, 'Poppy' - 1936

the Muckland Crooners with Knotlenny's tune: "Molly's Tamales." This version features Captain Mudflap on the "guitashboard", Driver Ed on electric bass, and two (count 'em, 2) cigar box guitars: (Knotlenny on the 6-string cigar box tambourine banjo and L.Ron Lee on the "Stogie-caster.") . . . posthumous apologies to Robert Johnson for the obvious inspiration of "Hot Tamales".

The Muckland Crooners performing Captain Mudflap's tune - Two Fat Chicks Dancin'

The Muckland Crooners performing their anthem, written by Driver Ed.

An original tune by the Muckland Crooners

Julia, (age 11) demonstrates a technique for building a simple cigar box guitar. This one is a three string model, with frets made out of zip ties. It is basically the same build-kit used at the 1st Annual Fingerlakes Celebration of the Cigarbox Guitar, held in Canandaigua, NY - Oct 4th, 2008