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Article: THE JOYS OF THE JUG BAND
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 21, 1988
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Back in the early '60s, musician Jim Kweskin formed a jug band
that made folk and blues music on anything from washtubs to household
utensils. It popularized the original jug bands: low-budget jazz
ensembles that played in the South during the '20s and '30s.
The Jug Band was revived a few years ago with a group of
musicians that includes guitarist John Sebastian, singer Maria
Muldaur, mandolin and piano player Geoff Muldaur and washtub bass
player Fritz Richmond. Richmond, a former member of the Jug Band, is
a virtuoso on the washtub bass, washboard, homemade kazoo and, of
course, the jug.
"The jug's a powerful bass instrument and kicks a song along,
sounding like a cello with a fuzzy ...