Luke Faust
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Luke Faust is an American musician. In the early 1960s he played a five-string banjo player and sang Appalachian ballads, at The Gaslight Cafe
in Greenwich Village
, New York City
. For five or six years Faust performed with Jerry Rasmussen. One of his fellow entertainers at the Gaslight was Bob Dylan
who described Faust as "Someone closer in temperament to me."
In the early 1960s he briefly played the jug performing with the Holy Modal Rounders
. He would get on stage with a full gallon of red wine and unscrew the top, take a few chugs and start playing. His tone would get deeper as the gig went on.
In the late 1960s Faust was a founding member of the band The Insect Trust
, he was the band's banjo, fiddle and harmonica player.
Later in the 90's he went on to form 'The Jug Jam' an improvisational Jug band with Perry Robinson, Lou Grassi and Wayne Lopes.
Faust also played with 90 proof - a band with Steve James.
Faust is currently performing with The Carolina Jug Stompers playing rags, blues and breakdowns in the old-time jug - stringband style.
Luke’s contributions to music has been described in Bob Dylan
's book Chronicles, and Dave Van Ronk
's The Mayor of MacDougal Street
.
With Dave Van Ronk
Songs of Robert Johnson
With The Carolina Jug Stompers
1. Money Never Runs Out
2. Maybelle Rag
3. Going to Germany
4. Bum Bum Blues
5. New Orleans Wiggle/
Somebody Stole My Gal
6. Gin Done Done It
7. Under the Chicken Tree
8. Lonely One in This Town
9. Cotton Picker’s Rag
10. Central Georgia Blues
11. Rooster on a Limb
12. Please Baby
13. Podunk Toddle
14. K.C. Moan
15. Georgia Pines
16. Busted
17. Carolina Shout/ House Rent Rag
The Gaslight Cafe
The Gaslight Cafe was an American coffee house located in the basement of 116 MacDougal Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York...
in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
, New York City
New York City
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. For five or six years Faust performed with Jerry Rasmussen. One of his fellow entertainers at the Gaslight was Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
who described Faust as "Someone closer in temperament to me."
In the early 1960s he briefly played the jug performing with the Holy Modal Rounders
Holy Modal Rounders
The Holy Modal Rounders were an American folk music duo from the Lower East Side of New York City which started in the early 1960s, consisting of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber. Their unique blend of folk music revival and psychedelia gave them a cult-like following from the late 1960s into the 1970s...
. He would get on stage with a full gallon of red wine and unscrew the top, take a few chugs and start playing. His tone would get deeper as the gig went on.
In the late 1960s Faust was a founding member of the band The Insect Trust
The Insect Trust
The Insect Trust was a rock band that formed in New York in 1967.The members of the band were Nancy Jeffries on vocals, Bill Barth on guitar, Luke Faust, formerly of the Holy Modal Rounders, on guitar, banjo, fiddle, and harmonica, Trevor Koehler on saxophone, and Robert Palmer on clarinet and...
, he was the band's banjo, fiddle and harmonica player.
Later in the 90's he went on to form 'The Jug Jam' an improvisational Jug band with Perry Robinson, Lou Grassi and Wayne Lopes.
Faust also played with 90 proof - a band with Steve James.
Faust is currently performing with The Carolina Jug Stompers playing rags, blues and breakdowns in the old-time jug - stringband style.
Luke’s contributions to music has been described in Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's book Chronicles, and Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" ....
's The Mayor of MacDougal Street
The Mayor of MacDougal Street
The Mayor of MacDougal Street is a compilation album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 2005.-History:...
.
Discography
With The Insect TrustThe Insect Trust
The Insect Trust was a rock band that formed in New York in 1967.The members of the band were Nancy Jeffries on vocals, Bill Barth on guitar, Luke Faust, formerly of the Holy Modal Rounders, on guitar, banjo, fiddle, and harmonica, Trevor Koehler on saxophone, and Robert Palmer on clarinet and...
- 1969 The Insect Trust
- 1970 Hoboken Saturday Night
With Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" ....
- 2000 Dealin' With The Devil
Songs of Robert Johnson
With The Carolina Jug Stompers
- 2005 Rooster on a Limb
1. Money Never Runs Out
2. Maybelle Rag
3. Going to Germany
4. Bum Bum Blues
5. New Orleans Wiggle/
Somebody Stole My Gal
Somebody Stole My Gal
"Somebody Stole My Gal" is a popular song from 1918, written by Leo Wood. In 1923 Ted Weems & his Orchestra had a five-week run at number one with his million-selling version of Leo Wood’s 1922 standard...
6. Gin Done Done It
7. Under the Chicken Tree
8. Lonely One in This Town
9. Cotton Picker’s Rag
10. Central Georgia Blues
11. Rooster on a Limb
12. Please Baby
13. Podunk Toddle
14. K.C. Moan
15. Georgia Pines
16. Busted
17. Carolina Shout/ House Rent Rag