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Why do bagpipe players walk while they play?

To get away from the noise.

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What's the difference between an Appalachian dulcimer and a hammered dulcimer?

A hammered dulcimer burns hotter; an Appalachian dulcimer burns longer.

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How many country & western singers does it take to change a light bulb?

Three. One to change the bulb and two to sing about the old one.

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What happens if you play blues music backwards?

Your wife returns to you, your dog comes back to life, and you get out of prison.

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What do you get when you play New Age music backwards?

New Age music.

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What does it say on a blues singer's tombstone?

"I didn't wake up this morning..."

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"Hey, buddy, how late do the filkers play?"

"Oh, about half a beat behind..."

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What's the difference between a puppy and a singer-songwriter?

Eventually the puppy stops whining.

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How many sound men does it take to change a light bulb?

1. "One, two, three, one, two, three..."

2. "Hey man, I just do sound."

3. One. Upon finding no replacement, he takes the original apart,

repairs it with a chewing gum wrapper and duct tape, changes the

screw mount to bayonet mount, finds an appropriate patch cable,

and re-installs the bulb fifty feet from where it should have

been, to the satisfaction of the rest of the band.

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How many Deadheads does it take to change a light bulb?

12,001. One to change it, 2,000 to record the event and take pictures

of it, and 10,000 to follow it around until it burns out.

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How many punk-rock musicians does it take to change a light bulb?

Two: One to screw in the bulb and the other to smash the old one on his forehead.

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Know how to make a million dollars singing jazz?

Start with two million.

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How many jazz musicians does it take to change a light bulb?

1. None. Jazz musicians can't afford light bulbs.

2. "Don't worry about the changes. We'll fake it!"

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How do you turn a duck into a soul artist?

Put it in the oven until its (it's) Bill Withers.

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Michael Caine goes up to Milton Berle during a party and asks, "What kind of cigar are you smoking there?"

"It's a Lawrence Welk." says Milton.

"What's a Lawrence Welk?" Micheal asks.

Milton says "It's a piece of crap with a band wrapped around it."

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Angus was asked why there were drones on the bagpipe when they make such a

distressing sound. He answered, "Without the drones, I might as well be playing the piano."

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Two musicians are driving down a road. All of a sudden they notice the Grim

Reaper in the back seat. Death informs them that they had an accident and

they both died. But, before he must take them off into eternity, he grants

each musician with one last request to remind them of their past life on

earth. The first musician says he was a Country & Western musician and

would like to hear eight choruses of Achy-Breaky Heart as a last hoorah!

The second musician says "I was a jazz musician...kill me now!"

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I was playing in a night club, and getting few requests and small tips.

Towards the end of the night, a man walked up with a wad of bills in his

hand and asked me to play a jazz chord. I played an Amaj7.

He said, "No, no. A jazz chord."

I did a little improvisational thing, but he didn't like that either.

"No, no, no! A jazz chord. You know, 'A jazz chord, to say, ah love you.'"

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Son: Mother, I want to grow up and be a rock-n-roll musician.

Mother: Now son, you have to pick one or the other. You can't do both.

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A Jazz musician was told by his doctor, "I am very sorry to tell you that

you have cancer and you have only one more year to live."

The Jazz musician replied, "And what am I going to live on for an entire year?"

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Banjo Jokes

What's the difference between a banjo and a chain saw?

The chain saw has greater dynamic range.

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What's the least-used sentence in the English language?

"Isn't that the banjo player's Porsche?"

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What do you say to a banjo player in a three-piece suit?

"Will the defendant please rise?"

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There's nothing I like better than the sound of a banjo, unless of course

it's the sound of a chicken caught in a vacuum cleaner.

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Female five string banjoist shouting at her boyfriend in a crowded shopping

mall: "Don't forget, sweetheart, I need a new G string."

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Guitar Jokes

What does it mean when a guitar player is drooling out both sides of his mouth?

The stage is level.

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How many guitar players does it take to change a light bulb?

Twelve. One to change the bulb and eleven to say they could do it better.

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How do you get a guitar player to play softer?

Give him some sheet music.

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What do a vacuum cleaner and an electric guitar have in common.

Both suck when you plug them in.

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How do you make a bass player turn down the volume?

Put a chart in front of him.

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How many lead guitarists does it take to change a light bulb?

None--they just steal somebody else's light.

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What do you call two guitarists playing in unison?

Counterpoint.

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What did the guitarist do when his teacher told him to turn his amplifier on?

He caressed it softly and told it that he loved it.

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What's the best thing to play on a guitar?

Solitaire.

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How many bass players does it take to change a light bulb?

1. None. They let the keyboard player do it with his left hand.

2. Don't bother. Just leave it out--no one will notice.

3. One, but the guitarist has to show him first.

4. Six: one to change it, and the other five to fight off the lead

guitarists who are hogging the light.

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In the 22nd century, how many guitar players will you need to replace a light source?

Five. One to actually do it, and four to reminisce about how much better the old tubes were.

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Did you hear about the electric bass player who was so bad that even the lead singer noticed?

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