Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape

About Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape

Ed Moxey (December 2, 1933, Ragged Island, The Bahamas) is a button accordeon player. Rake-and-scrape, is played in the Bahamas. Its most distinctive characteristic is the use of the common handsaw as the primary instrument, along with various kinds of drums, box guitar, concertina, triangle and accordion. The saw is played by scraping an object, usually an old knife blade, along the saw's teeth. The Goombay drum is main rhythmic component in rake-n-scrape.

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