Author: Simon
Jib Room Marina, Marsh Harbor
Note: The traditional music of the Bahamas is called Rake n' Scrape, it is played using whatever implements Bahamians could find as insturments. The most common one is the saw.
Yesterday my dad said to me "see that guy over there? He can play music on a saw. His Name is Brown Tip." We walked up to him and my dad asked him if it was true he could play the saw. He said, "Not only do I play the saw, I will teach you how to play it!" He smiles all the time. "I will be at Mangos from 6 to 9 tomorrow."
The next day my dad took me to see him play and to get him to teach me to play the saw.
He started singing Gully Roosters songs and I was in the band. He said I played so good that he was going to give me a nick name. He calls me "White Tip."
If was very easy to play the saw and a lot of fun. Brown Tip is the best saw player in the Bahamas.
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