Rake-and-scrape is the traditional music of The Bahamas, alongside Junkanoo.
In "Sketches of Nassau", by Frank Wilson, published in 1864, he, criticizing the accent of the Black population of Nassau, uses this comparison to express his point: "but the melody of the lute can seldom be heard above the gratings of the rasp and saw".
[1] In the Nassau Times, published on the 6th of April, 1878, an account titled, "Interesting Description of Life and Scenes in the Bahamas", mentions a band playing music for a couple recently married.
He states: "we met the musical instruments going to this feast of love.
The hollow log is referencing a scraping instrument similar to the Guiro of Cuba, or a Rasp as mentioned earlier in 1864 by Frank Wilson.