Comb and paper, suitcase and brushes, and a couple of mandolins. The PA consisted of a megaphone. The band just scamper on stage and get straight to the point.

The Mound City Blue Blowers play St Louis Blues

They were no mere novelty act either - I came across them the other day when Radio 2's Jazz Junctions played a record of them working with Coleman Hawkins and Glenn Miller.