[Ads-l] Antedating of "Spasm Band"

[Shapiro, Fred]

spasm band (OED 1926)

1893 Times-Democrat (New Orleans) 10 Dec. 8/4 (Newspapers.com)

The first sensation of the evening was created by the "Spasm Band" of the Y.M.G.C., who for their first piece played something called a "Hydrophobia Pot Pouri."

Fred Shapiro

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