Photo: Ron LutzFor the Pittsburgh music connoisseurs who still own radios, local one-man-band Buddy Nutt will be bringing his delicately off-color ditties to WRCT 88.3 FM tonight at 9:00. Tune in. Once you have, and when you start to wonder about that ethereal, sustained, bending high-toned sound you’re hearing in the background, know that it’s a saw (as in, a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth used for cutting) expertly stroked with a violin bow.
While Buddy Nutt’s act may be best experienced in person, his songs can be enjoyed by themselves as well. For even if it took a full band to bring to life these tinpan-alley tunes of depression, sexual deviance and ping-pong, they would still be good songs, and you’d still probably chuckle at the subtle innuendo and not-so-subtle puns he wryly croons. Knowing that the accompanying didgeridoo, whistle, horn, kickdrum-suitcase, kazoo, and a ukulele or two are all played by one guy is just an added bonus.
Download a love song of sorts about a winding road and a young boy’s conception: "The Lincoln Highway Song"
I want to put in a quick plug for Buddy Nutt, who is seriously one of the best things going in the local music scene. I first saw him open for Peter and the Wolf just a few months ago, and I've been a big fan since.
