Pipe Smoking Musicians

[docpierce]

I'm pretty sure this has been done before. But I ran across a picture of one of my favorite English melodeon players: Mr Tony Hall, an avid pipe smoker and IMO one of the finest players of that rather peculiar instrument.BTW, he is also famous for his lifetime profession as a cartoonist and satirist.

 

[haparnold]

Well, there’s me. And there’s also the great Catalan cellist Pablo (Pau) Casals. Watching him smoke while he plays makes me wish I had taken up the cello instead of the violin.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Gatemouth

 

[mso489]

The idea of playing an instrument well and smoking a pipe at the same time dumfounds me. Then again, "my" instrument is the harmonica.

 

[didimauw]

The idea of playing an instrument well and smoking a pipe at the same time dumfounds me. Then again, "my" instrument is the harmonica.

Hahaha I'd pay to see that!

 

[rushx9]

My usual contribution to the topic.?

 

[timelord]

Donald "Duck" Dunn

 

[haparnold]

I never knew Vassar Clements smoked a pipe! Awesome image.

 

[musicman]

@haparnold It's good to see another musician on the boards! I'm a keyboardist (pipe organ, piano, harpsichord), professional choral singer, and conductor.

And back to the topic at hand, Johann Sebastian Bach was reputed to be a pipe smoker, even penning a poem in praise of his pipes and tobacco.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is a well known pipe smoker......or at least he was...









Regards,

Jay.

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

I do.

 

[Briarberg]

My personal favorite songwriter

 

[kg.legat0]

I play out all the time but feel like I never get to smoke my pipe unless I am playing at a cigar lounge - that picture above of SRV smoking and playing is about as cool as it gets.

Did this a while back just to be silly

 

[bullet08]

To stop the confusion, never smoked pipes while playing bagpipes. J/K! Didn't start pipe smoking until long after stopped playing bagpipes. Only smoked Marlboro Red back then. I could somewhat play practice chanter with cigarette between my fingers those days.

 

[magicpiper]

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Donald "Duck" Dunn

I am not kidding when I tell you that seeing Donald Duck Dunn on the Blues Brothers was my original inspiration for smoking a pipe. I was a kid and it just looked cool as hell. I started paying more attention to pipe smokers from that day forward.

 

[renfield]

I am not kidding when I tell you that seeing Donald Duck Dunn on the Blues Brothers was my original inspiration for smoking a pipe. I was a kid and it just looked cool as hell. I started paying more attention to pipe smokers from that day forward.

Excellent. I’d only ever thought of the movie as being influential in introducing another generation to some legendary older artists and their music.

 

[STP]

Frank Sinatra ?

 

[anotherbob]

Well, there’s me. And there’s also the great Catalan cellist Pablo (Pau) Casals. Watching him smoke while he plays makes me wish I had taken up the cello instead of the violin.

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never too late to learn. And I mean how to smoke while playing the violin, too late to take up the cello.

 

[warren]

Atkins was seen here and there with a pipe.

 

[jttnk]

I smoke a pipe, but I’m not a musician, I’m the drummer?. He’s the 4th guy who hangs out with musicians…..yuk yuk yuk.
note: I’m not smoking a pipe in this picture.