# Stones' Gimme  Shelter - percussion instrument?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-gimme-shelter-percussion-instrument/421806>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 7, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-gimme-shelter-percussion-instrument/421806 "2007-10-07T00:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-gimme-shelter-percussion-instrument/421806/1 "2007-10-07T00:57:39Z")

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Throughout all of **Gimme Shelter** , in just about every measure you can hear this sort of creaky percussion instrument. Anyone know what it is?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-gimme-shelter-percussion-instrument/421806/2 "2007-10-07T01:16:32Z")

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(More) Cowbell!!!

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**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-gimme-shelter-percussion-instrument/421806/3 "2007-10-07T01:19:30Z")

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The cowbell is in Honky Tonk Woman, and I’d hardly call it “creaky”…

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**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stones-gimme-shelter-percussion-instrument/421806/4 "2007-10-07T01:33:17Z")

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I’m thinking some sort of [guiro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiro).