The Even Dozen Jug Band - The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964)

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One of the session musicians for Tim Hardin's debut was harmonica player John B. Sebastian.  Sebastian would later become famous for his songwriting and his folk rock band, but his recording debut came as a member of The Even Dozen Jug Band.  The jug band came out of the end of the Folk Revivalist movement in the early sixties but made a point, unlike its folk contemporaries, of not taking itself seriously.  It's hard to do that anyway if three of your instruments are a washboard, a kazoo, and a jug.  The group emulated the popular recordings of 1920s jug bands and recorded a dozen traditional songs on The Even Dozen Jug Band in 1964 that gave way to comedic performances, sexual innuendos, and dance numbers.  The product came out as an ecstatic mix of blues, ragtime, folk, and dixieland jazz.  Although locally popular, The Even Dozens did not perform much and fell apart as many of the members were students who preferred to stay in school rather than tour for the album.  Many of the members, however, would still go on to have successful careers in the music industry including Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Steve Katz, Stefan Grossman, Joshua Rifkin, and David Grisman.

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The Even Dozen Jug Band

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