The Washboard Resonators are a joke. Or rather, they were supposed to be—Leeds City Stompers musicians Martyn Roper and Jack Amblin plucked the alias out of thin air, when a booking agent asked the name of their two-man side project.
“To this day, we still don’t know if it’s a really good name or a really bad one,” said Martyn, from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. Good or bad, it’s an apt moniker for a duo armed with resonator guitars and gadget-packed washboards. That said, this two-man band packs more musical heat than most.
