Play It 'Til You Turn Blue

A didgeridoo (didgeridu) is a musical intrument native to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. A droning, wind instrument whose typical construction is from a long, hollow branch or stick.

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The common term for a didgeridoo player is "Puller." This name has risen because, as the aboriginies say, a white man sounds either silly, disgraceful or both when he attempts to play a didgeridoo. This is because he cannot "Pull Wind" as the aboriginies do and cause the instrument to drone on and on.

The didgeridoo is played by blowing into the tube in a similar fashion to blowing a trumpet. As a drone instrument, the didgeridoo only plays one note, but "color" can be added to the tone by changing the shape of the mouth while playing. This alters the relative strength of the intrument's natural harmonics, much in the way the human voice forms the sounds of different vowels.

David Blanasi is a didgeridoo master, tribal elder and ceremonial law man. His nickname "Bomb" comes from the way in which he plays the didgeridoo, descibed as "very hard, straight out, with no muckin' around."

A Kookaburra is a bird native to Eastern Australia. It's call, replicated in this song, resembles fiendish laughter.

The didgeridoo has also become a popular instrument with the Deadhead community as its drone is great for tripping out to. Just remember, the natives think you sound pretty pathetic. Perhaps you should put down their sacred instrument and fashion yourself a "doo-da-doo" with the cardboard tube from a roll of paper towels or wrapping paper.