'The Washboard Rhythm Kings, also known as the Washboard Rhythm Boys, Georgia Washboard Stompers (1934-1935) Alabama Washboard Stompers (1930-1932), Washboard Rhythm Band(1932-1933), Washboard Rhythm Boys(1932), Chicago Hot Five were a loose aggregation of jazz performers, many of high calibre, who recorded as a group for various labels between about 1930 and 1935. Bruce Johnson played washboard.