What is the best instrument to play around a campfire?
OF COURSE it’s a Tuba.
Hands down, the best instrument to play around a campfire for several solid reasons. Number 1, you (tuba campfire player) will generate stories that will last for decades. 30 years or more from the date of your campfire intubation (I may be spelling this incorrectly), people will still be marveling at your verve and chutzpah and the precision with which you hammer out those blazing tuba riffs. Secondly, when you run out of tunes, or when people ask you to stop playing, you can pack the bell with ice-cold lagers. See? two excellent reasons for tuba camping. Thirdly, tuba music, I have heard, is an excellent bear, raccoon and bigfoot repellent. you will need to sit up all night long gently oompa-ing into the forest, and your camping mates will sleep all the more soundly for hearing the rock-steady stream of tuba’d quarter notes echoing through the darkness. So bungi that instrument to the top of your sedan and head for the woods! You’ll be glad you left your guitar at home, imho.
Sorry to disillusion you, but although tuba music is an excellent bear repellant, it acts like a mating call for moose. (I don’t know about Bigfoot.) And nothing, nothing, will stop a determined raccoon. ;-)
I stand corrected sir, and I wish you had done it sooner. It’s true:
you can’t repel a moose in love
by blowing through a tuba.
Not even when you’re camping on
the island of Aruba.
Carib moose are not as rare
as one might first have thought…
tempted to bring your tuba there?
I’m recommending not.