About us
Interested in jug band music, early blues and jazz, home-made instruments? This meetup is for fans and musicians alike - a place to find out about what's happening in the vibrant world of jug band music here in the Northeast: performances by local jug bands, jug band jams, and festivals.
What's Jug Band music, you ask?
It’s rootsy, bluesy, jazzy, and fun! With roots from Appalachia, New Orleans, and Africa, jug band music started in the south (notably Louisville Kentucky and Memphis Tennessee) in the 1920’s and 30’s. Highly popular "back in the day", jug bands such as Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band incorporated a variety of conventional and home-made instruments (such as spoons, washtub bass, and washboard), and, of course, featured jug-blowing as a rhythmic backbone. Jug band music could have quietly slid into obscurity if not for a revival in the 1960’s by notable musicians such as John Sebastian, Jerry Garcia, Jim Kweskin, and Maria Muldaur. Today, the genre is alive and well, with several terrific bands playing right here in greater Boston and beyond.
Upcoming events
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Jug band jam at the Brighton Farmer's Market! Wednesday Oct 21
Brighton Farmers Market, Brighton Common, 30 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brighton, MA 02135, USA, Boston, MA, USJoin in with the Jug Nuts -- Michael Buonaiuto, Dan Holabaugh, and for this jam, Tom Stewart - for a jug band jam at the Brighton Farmer's Market!
We’ll have a song sheet with lyrics and chords, FREE KAZOOS, and some home-made instruments for you to try out as we explore this good time music rooted in the jazz and blues of the 1920’s and 30’s.
Click here for a Spotify playlist of our jam tunes : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2SJoqanXcZXjtOmlXLP7Pg?si=5398190cdfff4f95
Click here for a downloadable and printable copy of our jam setlist with chords and lyrics (new songs added monthly!) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LSm1yqPM_O4tFIeHMzBvjAd5T2cgwV-BOoDNikly_Z8
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Jug Band Jam Session in Nottingham NH!
Nottingham Community Church, 106 Church St, Nottingham, NH, USJoin Kiyoshi Imai and Peggy Tucker for a Sunday afternoon jug band jam. Come with any musical instruments or things to make noise that won't hurt others. A small donation is requested.
Click here for more info.
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Past events
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