Jim Kweskin’s Jug Band was one of the most peculiar outfits of the 1960's, and made some of its most ingenious and eclectic music. Boston-based folkies, the band included leader Jim Kweskin, plus Geoff and Maria Muldaur (who recorded as a duet and separately; Maria had a big AM hit with Midnight at the Oasis in the 70's), Mel Lyman (who formed his own cult/commune) and Fritz Richmond.
Jug Band Music, recorded in 1965, is an artifact of the '60s folk revival, including kazoos, jugs, banjo and guitar, fiddle and drums, as well as down to earth vocal harmonies on songs inspired by original country folk-blues artists such as Memphis Jug Band, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, and Blind Boy Fuller. The song by the band's contemporary, Spider John Koerner of the folk-blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, is pretty energetic and humorous, too.
Garden of Joy, from 1967, is their best album. LSD-drenched jugband coupled with LSD-drenched folk is the only way to describe it. Zappaesque in places, woozy and good-timey in others, homespun and homely in others, with inspired playing... It ain't rock music, but it would appeal to any student of 60's psychedelia or folk and folk-rock, and they were a much truer jugband than the Lovin' Spoonful could pretend to be... Ghostly calliopes, weird grunts, a creepy/funny spoken word interlude, and wacked sound effects and laconic jokes add to the replayability of this classic.
Jug Band Music (1965)
Tracklist:
- Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
- Jug Band Music
- I'm A Woman
- Morning Blues
- Vamp Of New Orleans (Sadie Green)
- Don't You Leave Me Here
- Somebody Stole My Gal
- K. C. Moan
- Good Time Charlie
- Jug Band Waltz
- Whoa Mule Get Up In The Alley
- Memphis
- Ukulele Lady
- Rag Mama
Garden of Joy (1967)
Tracklist:
- If You're A Viper
- Minglewood
- Garden Of Joy
- The Circus Song
- My Old Man
- Kaloobafak (I'm Confessin' That I Love You)
- The Sheik Of Araby
- When I Was A Cowboy
- Mood Indigo
- I Ain't Gonna Marry
- Ella Speed
- Gee Baby, Ain't It Good To You
Jim Kweskin Jug Band members:
• Jim Kweskin - guitar, vocals
• Mel Lyman - harmonica, banjo
• Bill Keith - Banjo, pedal steel guitar
• Fritz Richmond - jug, washtub bass
• Richard Greene - fiddle
• Maria Muldaur - vocals, percussion
• Geoff Muldaur - guitar, vocals
• Bruno Wolfe - vocals
• Bob Siggins - vocals, banjo
Jug Band Music Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: FhG
MPEG-1 layer 3
Garden of Joy Media Info:
Bitrate: (VBR)
Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: Xing
MPEG-1 layer 3
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