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    A very cool story on PRI'S The World about a group of young boys selling mice on a stick by the side of the road in Malawi. They make their own four string guitars (tenor?) and sing.

    http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-11-2...easy-life-hard

    Amazing.
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    Outstanding find Charles. Reminescent of very early Ladysmith Black Mambozo or even the Lion of Soweto. It never ceases to amaze how the music will find a way to be expressed, even on an old coke can and a home made four string guitar.

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    Mice on a stick? Are they chocolate-covered, at least?
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    That PRI story is lovely but the video is nice and you can also see the BBQed mice. Yum... Thanks, Charley!

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    Whoah, you get a lot of mice per stick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereCorgi View Post
    Whoah, you get a lot of mice per stick.
    Yes, a real feast for a feline king!!
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    Default Re: The Malawi Mouse Boys

    They opened the Sunday show on the Banjo (main) stage at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in SF this fall. I hadn't heard of them before, and wasn't aware of the origin of the name. They were well received.
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