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Artis, known professionally as Artis the Spoonman (born October 3, 1948), is an American street performer and musician from Seattle, Washington, who uses spoons as a musical instrument. He frequents the Pike Place Market accompanying singer/songwriter and guitarist Jim Page with his collection of spoons of different shapes and sizes and ...
"Spoonman" was performed in drop D tuning.The main riff was written in septuple meter, in 7 4 time. [7] [8] [9] The chorus is 44 and part of the spoon solo is in 3 4.The guitarist, Kim Thayil, has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident".
The video clip of the song "Spoonman" is notable for featuring a performance by Artis the Spoonman, a street entertainer in Seattle. [25] The title of the song is credited to bassist Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam. [26] While on the set of the movie Singles, Ament produced a list of song titles for the fictional band featured in the movie. [25]
He frequently appears with Artis the Spoonman. He tours internationally, yet he still plays at Pike Place Market as a street performer. Page began playing guitar at age 15. [2] In 1974, his protest song and testimony convinced the Seattle City Council to drop the requirement that street performers have a permit to perform. [3] [4]
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