DIY Slide Guitar with the Garbage-Men! 

“We can’t go on and on creating more and more waste.”  

George Harrison in the Daily Express, 7/29/89. Article written by Sue Johnson,  

Local musical favorites The Garbage-Men are coming to Selby Gardens to share their upcycled musical instrument-building ingenuity with you!  

Since 2010, The Garbage-Men have been sharing sustainability and creativity with our community by playing music on their unique DIY recycled instruments! Join them for a family-friendly workshop to create a single string slide guitar and learn the basics of how to play it so you can channel your inner George Harrison.   

 Stick around after class to enjoy a performance by the band on the stage on the Great lawn from 1pm-2pm!  

• General admission is included in the course fee. We encourage you to come early or stay and enjoy the Gardens after class.   

• All materials and supplies for this workshop are included in the tuition.    

• This class is suitable for children ~2nd grade and older. All registered children must be accompanied by a registered adult.   

About the Garbage-Men: They’ve performed on CNN, in Times Square, America’s Got Talent, and their PBS special with Jack Perkins won an Emmy. The current lineup consists of Wesley Backer: 7-piece trash can drum set, baking sheet gong;  Jack Berry: 1-string Lucky Charms lead guitar, fax machine handset microphone, vocals Trent Berry: 1-string Frosted Flakes bass guitar Harrison Paparatto: hula horn, Fisher Price toy corn popper saxophone Jamie Tremps: glass bottle marimba, walker whistle, rotary dial telephone microphone, vocals; and Jamieson Martel: tin can timbales, A/C vent washboard, bottle cap tambourine, spoons, vocals .