Today is the birthday of  Star of Vaudeville #446 Eddie Peabody (for more on the King of the Banjo go here). In this early British Pathe clip the versatile Peabody makes love to a fiddle before wailing like the very devil upon his favored instrument: To find out more about the variety arts past and present, consult No Applause, [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:39AM on February 19, 2013