trouble funk

(via DannyL via Dissensus thread 'interesting ethnic folkways')

from the Folkways album Street and Gangland Rhythms, Beats and Improvisations by Six Boys in Trouble -
"This album features jams on homemade percussion instruments by six 11- and 12-year-old African American boys living in New York City public housing, about 1955. These young, untrained musicians improvise the tunes and tales of their upbringing on this rhythmic release and draw inspiration from family folk traditions and popular radio and juke box hits of the era. "

concept if not outcome reminded me of this lot



"The Junk Yard Band is a go-go band, founded in the early 1980s by children playing on improvised instruments. They are best known for their song, Sardines."









oh and there's also this of course