# Impressive examples of musicians playing two instruments at the same time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 18, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926 "2020-11-18T22:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/21 "2020-11-19T22:43:20Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Sometimes the fruit is just too low-hanging, y’know? 😉 Sorry, I couldn’t help myself 😆. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/22 "2020-11-20T13:59:41Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xywNeumntoE/maxresdefault.jpg "Happy - Pharrell Williams (on 10 Different Musical Instruments Cover) (ft. Gunhild Carling)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xywNeumntoE) Check, please. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/23 "2020-11-20T14:32:18Z")
Two of my fave one man bands Hasil Adkins [Hasil Adkins - She Said - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyZe2hy7Rbk) Abner Jay [I’m So Depressed - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ-IK7r1WsM) And Rahsaan Roland Kirk is all kinds of awesome, incredible musician ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/24 "2020-11-20T14:47:49Z")
Does Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band count here? Reverend Peyton plays bass and rhythm guitar simultaneously on the same guitar. Friends of mine who are real guitar aficionados think he’s great. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uYxnQ_BUdTE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - "Front Porch Trained"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYxnQ_BUdTE) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/25 "2020-11-20T15:03:28Z")
Any [Corey Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Harris) fans here? In the early 2000s Corey traveled from Mississippi to Mali, looking at indigenous music in the southern US and Africa and comparing their roots. He brought back a stringed instrument from Mali that was guitar-like, which he had learned to play. IIRC it had 3 strings. It was played like a guitar, but the body of the instrument was also played, like a drum. You’d swear there were two people playing. I had the honor of hanging out with Corey one evening, and he played the instrument. After hearing him play and being impressed, a friend of Corey’s who was born and raised in west Africa was asked to play and he took it to another level altogether. Sadly, no video exists of that evening, we were all to stoned to think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/26 "2020-11-20T18:17:19Z")
Bob Log III [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k4WFyyE3Gw8/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob log III, BlackHouse Session (I), December 2011") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4WFyyE3Gw8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qA3YJjRikkA/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Log III - "Look At That" - Sun King King's Reserve Session Live at Sun King Brewery") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3YJjRikkA) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/27 "2020-11-20T20:58:28Z")
Not sure if this counts, as it’s not just one musician, but a fair number of Walk off the Earth videos feature the whole band playing multiple instruments, often with same instruments… OK, I’m not explaining well, just watch: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fSK8EtP4VRs/maxresdefault.jpg "Savage Love - Walk off the Earth (Jason Derulo Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSK8EtP4VRs) And they are probably most known for doing the opposite (“one” instrument, multiple musicians) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lJiWQhEsn5U/maxresdefault.jpg "All Time Low - Walk off the Earth (Jon Bellion Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJiWQhEsn5U) Though, early on, Gianni did stuff like this, which might count? It’s not “at the same time”, exactly, but he does accompany himself: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TjkVXzmsP78/hqdefault.jpg "Love The Way You Lie - Walk off the Earth (Eminem Cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjkVXzmsP78) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/28 "2020-11-20T21:48:48Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > …Gianni did stuff like this, which might count?.. I had been toying with posting this video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FGT0A2Hz-uk/maxresdefault.jpg "KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree (Later Archive 2004)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGT0A2Hz-uk) and what persuaded me that I should is that K T Tunstall is doing much the same sort of thing as your man Gianna in the last vid. In a way it’s kinda cheaty (for this thread, I mean) but that sort of looping done live is undeniably impressive. And BTW, a big thank you to all posters - who knew there was so much great stuff out there? Loving it. Keep 'em coming. j ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/29 "2020-11-21T17:41:58Z")
Great thread so far! Here, with Colosseum: [Dick Heckstall-Smith](https://youtu.be/bKdjcar9fr0?t=29) How about musicians whom [others are trying to climb on top of?](https://youtu.be/_3eC35LoF4U?t=133) (tempting now to start a thread on musicians playing in less-than-ideal/conventional situations) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/30 "2020-11-22T18:11:52Z")
That is an amazing video, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/31 "2020-11-24T16:48:17Z")
Barely fitting the OP, but I must share That 1 Guy who plays a Magic Pipe [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xN5tSB7nYG0/hqdefault.jpg "That 1 Guy | 30-Minute Music Hour") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN5tSB7nYG0) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/32 "2020-11-25T01:59:58Z")
Jeff Coffin would play multiple saxes at the same time when he was with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Ray Wooten plays the Drumitar in the group. Bela will “help” out playing on other instruments (two folks playing the same instrument). Howard Levy would play keyboards and harmonica. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/33 "2020-11-25T22:21:14Z")
Two years ago, I saw a marching band doing a field show, with multiple brass players carrying either a trumpet, cornet, or flugelhorn in each hand. They would trade off playing one with the right hand, then other with the left hand, and near the end of the show many of the performers were playing both of their horns at the same time. I was very impressed as they did this while marching and dancing in formation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926.md?page=1)