Born June 31, 1877 in Pahrump, West Virginia, Algernon Otmer Duvall began his musical career on the vaudeville stage as end-man in Lew Dockstader's Minstrels. He fought in a bicycle squadron in Ypres during World War I, where he received a crippling dose of the Hun's mustard. Returning home, he made ends meet working at a sausage factory in Harrington Delaware from 1921 until 1989. He took up the banjo in 1991 as physical therapy for his pleurisy. He went on to master the alto kazoo at the age of 118. "Al" Duvall attributes his remarkable longevity to a daily dram of Hamlin's Quinsy Balsam.
ALBUM PREVIEW |
TRACKLISTING |
1.Out On the Barge
2.Smorgasbord Sam
3.Pantomime Horse
4.Beachcombing
5.The Freeze Came Down
6.Blubber For Sale
7.Beggar's Dozen
8.Green-Eyed Squatter
9.Bread & Water
10.Dagger D
11.Doctor Red Hots
12.Steam Grate
13.Macabaret
14.Jubilatin' Mama
15.The Dissector
16.When Dorey's Behind the Door
17.Invisible Wig
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