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Jug band music is a genre of folk and blues that uses jugs, washboards, spoons, and other homemade instruments. Learn about the origins, styles, and revival of jug band music from Louisville, Memphis, and other regions.
Elliot Silberman takes you on a journey through the history, excitement and fun of Jug Band Music.
Jug band music is American folk music characterized by use of a whiskey jug, kazoo, and washboard among other instruments. The musical style is most often blues or swing, or sometimes...
Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/rhythman... "Jug Band Music" Portion of an amazing set of Jim Kweskin's Jug Band 50th Reunion that took place at the 2013 Rhythm and Roots...
Given the inherent playfulness of the instrumentation, jug band music was accordingly informal, spontaneous, often humorous, and rhythmically bouncy. The most important bands included the Memphis Jug Band, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, and Earl McDonald's Dixieland Jug Blowers.
Jug band is a musical style that uses homemade instruments like jugs, washboards, and gourds. Learn about the origins, influences, and artists of jug band music in America, from Memphis blues to skiffle.
Like the blues, jug band music of the 1920s evolved into separate country and city styles. In both, however, the jug's distinctive sound sets this music apart from the blues or jazz that influenced it. This selection of breakdowns and blues embodies the music's swagger, sensitivity, and musical grandeur.
