Catch Johnson at Flying Monkey Arts on Dec. 29 for $10. The show starts at 8 p.m., but a 6 p.m. cigar-box guitar slide demonstration and lesson is included with ticket purchase.

Diddley-Bow and Cigar Box Guitar Workshops Saturday, Aug. 31 11 a.m.–1 p.m. 1:30–3:30 p.m $22–$29 The ArtsCenter In the parking lot of York Emporium, a bookstore and repository of pop ...

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Cigar box guitars can, in the right hands, make sophisticated music. Players ranging from Bo Diddley and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top to Joe Bonamassa and Paul McCartney have performed onstage with them.