Eddie 'One String' Jones, vocals, home-made African-derived zither-monochord ; Edward Hazelton, voicals, harmonica. Production notes: Record in Los Angeles, Feb. 14 and March 1, 1960, by Frederick A.

Back in 1960, a folklorist/ethnomusicologist named Frederick Usher discovered a street singer named Eddie Jones (if, indeed, that was his real name) playing a one-stringed contraption and singing the ...