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20 Aug 07 - 07:53 AM (#2129565) Subject: History of Jugband Documentary From: John Hardly Just picked this up on another forum. Looks interesting as well as entertaining. |
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20 Aug 07 - 09:04 AM (#2129599) Subject: RE: History of Jugband Documentary From: Jerry Rasmussen Wow!!!! It looks great, John!!! Now I've got to find out if is out on DVD, or ever shows anywhere. That music is very important to me. Jerry |
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20 Aug 07 - 09:53 AM (#2129635) Subject: RE: History of Jugband Documentary From: Mark H. Fantastic! Well done, that man. There are homes in this sorry world where jug band music is never heard. Glad someone's made a film to spread the word. "You know it sounds so sweet..." |
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20 Aug 07 - 12:38 PM (#2129740) Subject: RE: History of Jugband Documentary From: MissouriMud I dont know where you can see a video of this show but, on a somewhat related note, a cd by the same title - Chasin' Gus' Ghost - was put out by John Sebastian and the J Band back in 1999. It has some good numbers on it including "Jug Band Music" which seems to be a different tune from the one the Spoonfull did back in the 60's with that memorable line - "The doctor said give him jug band music, it seems to make him feel just fine". And I thought Gus was just a banjo player ... |
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20 Aug 07 - 12:45 PM (#2129742) Subject: RE: History of Jugband Documentary From: GutBucketeer The yahoo jugband forum messages state that The opening show for the documentary will be This next weekend (August 25-27) at the San Francisco Jug Band Festival. Jim Kweskin, John Sebastian and others are supposed to be in attendance. JAB |
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20 Aug 07 - 12:53 PM (#2129748) Subject: RE: History of Jugband Documentary From: GutBucketeer Ooops - Its the West Coast Premier of Chasin' Gus Ghost on Saturday August 25th. Check out www.jugfest.org for more details. JAB |
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20 Aug 07 - 04:43 PM (#2129900) Subject: RE: History of Jugband Documentary From: greg stephens Brilliant. Can't wait to see it all.As the man said, I'm considering a move to Memphis. |
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20 Aug 07 - 10:34 PM (#2130109) Subject: RE: History of Jugband Documentary From: John on the Sunset Coast Hope this comes to the Los Angeles area. Have a couple of Kweskin albums I haven't listened to in years. Think I'll look them up this weekend. Thanks for the heads up. |