{"id":8835,"date":"2011-09-17T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=8835"},"modified":"2011-09-17T14:57:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T18:57:25","slug":"the-singing-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/ocp\/2011\/09\/17\/the-singing-saw\/","title":{"rendered":"The Singing Saw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Asheville-based band Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks played a set of traditional American music from blues to ragtime downtown at Amplified Art in City Market. Raleigh native Dwight Hawkins played the singing saw&#8211;a specially crafted wood-handled saw played with a violin bow. It was a rare indoor performance by the Milk Shieks, who more often can be found playing street-side in cities around the country. 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