Jim Kweskin
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Jim Kweskin is the founder of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band
, with Fritz Richmond
, Mel Lyman
, and Geoff
and Maria Muldaur
. They were active in Boston
in the 1960s.
Kweskin released six album
s and two greatest hits
compilations on Vanguard Records
between 1963 and 1970; Jim Kweskin's America on Reprise Records
in 1971; and four albums on Mountain Railroad Records between 1978 and 1987.
Jug band
A Jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of traditional and home-made instruments. These home-made instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making of sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, stovepipe and comb & tissue paper...
, with Fritz Richmond
Fritz Richmond
John B. "Fritz" Richmond was an American musician and recording engineer. Fritz Richmond was considered the foremost washtub bassist in the world, and was also the most successful professional jug player....
, Mel Lyman
Mel Lyman
Melvin James Lyman was an American cult leader, musician, film maker and writer.-Musician:Lyman grew up in California and Oregon...
, and Geoff
Geoff Muldaur
Geoff Muldaur is an American founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days; and an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, and songwriter....
and Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur is a folk-blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s...
. They were active in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
in the 1960s.
Kweskin released six album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s and two greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
compilations on Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
between 1963 and 1970; Jim Kweskin's America on Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...
in 1971; and four albums on Mountain Railroad Records between 1978 and 1987.
For further reading
- Eric Von Schmidt and Jim Rooney, Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years, 1979 (out of print)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band members
- Jim Kweskin – guitar, vocals
- Mel LymanMel LymanMelvin James Lyman was an American cult leader, musician, film maker and writer.-Musician:Lyman grew up in California and Oregon...
– harmonica, banjo - Bill KeithBill Keith (musician)Bill Keith is a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style." -Professional...
– Banjo, pedal steel guitar - Fritz RichmondFritz RichmondJohn B. "Fritz" Richmond was an American musician and recording engineer. Fritz Richmond was considered the foremost washtub bassist in the world, and was also the most successful professional jug player....
– jug, washtub bass - Richard GreeneRichard Greene (fiddle player)Richard Greene is a violinist and "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time".-Biography:...
– fiddle - Maria MuldaurMaria MuldaurMaria Muldaur is a folk-blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s...
– vocals, percussion, fiddle - Geoff MuldaurGeoff MuldaurGeoff Muldaur is an American founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band of Cambridge, Massachusetts; a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days; and an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, and songwriter....
– guitar, vocals, mandolin - Bruno Wolfe – vocals
- Bob Siggins – vocals, banjo
Albums
- Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band (1963)
- Jug Band Music (1965)
- Relax Your Mind (1966)
- Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band (1966)
- Jump for Joy (1967)
- Garden of Joy (1967)
- Best of Jim Kweskin and The Jug Band (1968)
- Whatever Happened to Those Good Old Days (1968)