Talk:Jug band

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:==A different sort of jug band==
:Another sort of jug band might include several jugs as well as a non-jug instrument which plays the melody, accompanied by the jug holders. The melody instrument might be a violin, a flute, a whistle, clarinet, etc. The jugs of varying sizes, can be tuned to a given pitch by adding or subtracting water until the jug sounds a fixed pitch when the jug-holder blows over the open neck. The mouth of the jug responds like a flute. When the jug is tuned, it can only play one pitch. to play a major scale, one would need at least eight jugs. and if the pitches span a range of more than an octave, more than 8 jugs might be used. Most basic accompaniments use three chords, built on the first, fourth and fifth pitches of a major scale. In the key of C the First (I) chord uses C, E, G, the Fourth (IV) chord uses F, A, C, and the Fifth (V) chord uses the pitches G, B, D. Most jug band performances would require planning and chartings so that the participants would know when to "blow" when in the rhythm pattern their pitch will fit. As with any ensemble, accuracy results from repeated practice. with a person playing the same part at each rehearsal
If anyone can show that this actually ever happened, I suggest they put it in a separate article and link it from here.  God knows how many reports and term papers have been spoiled by this. Ortolan88 16:24, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Got sick of looking at it

message: ... and the Leasebreakers (link added to entry) has up to 5 jug players at a time playing in harmony.  However they play the jug in one of the traditional folk styles (buzzing lips, changing pitch by tightening or loosening lips, using jugs as resonators.)   Their main jug player, John the Jug, uses more than a dozen crockery jugs of different sizes -- ranging from just a few ounces up to five gallons -- to better resonate in different ranges.  The others who play jug with that band use 1 pint, 1/2 gallon and 1 gallon jugs variously.
Some jug players I've heard also vocalize while playing.  
I've never heard or seen the jugs filled with various amounts of liquid used in the "jug band" context.
ABOUT AN ACTUAL BAND WITH MORE THAN ONE JUG
A video,"Things Aren't Like They Used to Be,' availabe from Sanachie, is made up of film shorts and clips from the 30's, 40's and 50's. The old Jimmie Rodgers short, etc. Whistler's Jug Band is shown performing the old minstrel tune 'Folding Bed.' Four jug players really move the tune along with guitar and banjo.User: Bogus Bofus
Although it's true that some bands occasionally use multiple jugs, including Whistler's Jug Band in the video mentioned above, this is not the norm and is usually done as a sort of performance stunt. Whistler's Jug Band used only one jug on its recordings, and the three (not four) jug arrangement was probably assembled specifically for the recording of this film. The point here is that we don't want to encourage the incorrect public perception of a jug band as being a band made up entirely of jugs, when in fact, a jug band typically uses one jug along with other instruments. ArloLeach (talk) 21:06, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple Jug players in harmony 

message: I brutally tore apart the external links, leaving only two which seemed rather notable. The majority of which I removed were simply linking to jug bands, which is pure advertising. Not to mention Wikipedia not being a directory or link farm... --Dane ~nya 11:58, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
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message: I thought that "Granny Takes A Ride" was sort of a cult Jugband classic which was performed by The Purple Gang; the brit band that used to perform along side Pink Floyd.--220.227.48.17 16:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Granny Takes A Ride 

message: That's my vote. I thin of skiffle as more of an English, even more locally Scouse phenomenon--Audie Holmes 19:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Keep skiffle and jug band separate entries

message: Does anyone remember the Mike Fright" episode from the Little Rascals films, with the International Silver Strings Submarine Band?  Does this qualify as a jug band? Pustelnik (talk) 14:26, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Submarine Band

message: This section needs to be edited badly, but it keeps growing with low quality content. I suggest we establish some guidelines on how to chose which bands/events deserve to be mentioned. For sake of argument, we should probably follow Wikipedia:Notability (music) or require that the band have its on page (and/or a page for the more famous act with which its members were associated).
We also need to get our references in-line with Wikipedia policy. I may try to handle that once I feel confident that we're in agreement on notability. Lizmarie (talk) 03:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jug Band Revival: What needs to be done? 

message: I think that the point is being missed here. Are we talking about the ensemble or the music? You could take a gutbucket, jug, and a couple of kazoos and do a pretty good version of Thus Spake Zarathustra. Throw in a mandobanjo and you're having fun with Beethoven's Ode to Joy. But is that jug band? A symphony orchestra could do Stealin' but it would sound horrible. (But Banjoreno could be great!). In this wiki there is a lot of discussion of the necessity of actually having a jug in the ensemble. But where is the discussion of the soul of the music?
It has often been said: jug band music is the blues, but it's the happy blues. Geoff Muldaur's quote addresses another aspect of the soul of the music: "The essence of the jug-band idea is people jamming music for free and for fun with an extremely unrehearsed, spontaneous nature to it." 
Growing out of the intersection of the medicine show and blues, it evolved as music for busking and rent parties. To me, the essence of jug band music is that it has the old combination of lighthearted, enthusiastic playing with suggestive rhythms that still draws the crowds and fills the tip jars. 
Today there are lots of bands on the street typically with a resonator guitar, washboard or junk kit, and standup bass or gut bucket, playing traditional jug band numbers and/or original material with jug band soul. The jug may have worked on the street corners of quiet rural towns with more horse traffic than Model-As but on a noisy modern street corner they just are not loud enough to be heard. I would hate to have to say that they are not making jug band music, simply because the jug is not as effective on a modern street corner, and I think that this entry needs to focus more on the music and its soul. Salmo13 (talk) 08:30, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Focus on the Music

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message: --Erdic (talk) 19:14, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There isn't one.  But, as the article notes, the term "jug band" applies to a small band using home-made or basic instruments and playing in a traditional style, regardless of whether anyone actually plays a jug.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:54, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point.  However, there is some debate about jug-less bands properly being "jug bands" and not "skiffle bands," at least in the modern era.   For example, the rules for the Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands currently require at least one jug player and at least two other home-made instruments (though not necessarily to be played all at the same time.)   It would be nice if the article illustration showed a band equipped with a jug if such a photo could be found.Crypticfirefly (talk) 01:00, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is the jug here?