I saw the Christopher Walken skit on Saturday Night Live in which he “has a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell.” It’s where he’s the producer for The Blue Oyster Cult while they are recording “Don’t Fear the Reaper.”
Well, my friends and I are incredibly curious as to what someone who exclusively plays the cowbell would be called. I suppose that “percussionist” would work, but that’s usually reserved for someone who utilized multiple percussions, per se. I also suppose that someone who just plays the tamborine is called a tamborine man, so “Mr. Cowbell Man” isn’t out of the question.
I’m sure there’s some sort of entymology involved in creating a word to fit this description, if it doesn’t exist as of yet. I’m curious as to how to find this out.