Jim Kweskin

Jim Kweskin (born July 18, 1940, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American folk, jazz, and blues musician, most notable as the founder of the Jim Kweskin jug band, also known as Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band, with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Bob Siggins and Bruno Wolfe. The Jug Band was a significant part of the folk and blues revival of the 1960s. Maria Muldaur (née Maria D'Amato), formerly with the Even Dozen Jug Band, joined the band in 1963. During the five years they were together, the Jug Band successfully modernized the sounds of pre–World War II rural music.
== Links to Peel ==
Jim Kweskin's Jug Band were popular on the US folk scene in the mid-'60s and were associated with Joe Boyd, when Boyd was a student at Harvard. Some of their albums were issued in the UK, although no Peel plays are known. After they split up, Kweskin recorded this LP. whose full title is Richard D. Herbruck Presents Jim Kweskin's America Co-starring Mel Lyman And The Lyman Family. Lyman, formerly the Kweskin band's harmonica player, became a notorious cult leader, and his "Lyman Family" commune was the subject of a long exposé in Rolling Stone in 1971.
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Jim Kweskin’s America album was part of Peel's Record Collection: V&A LPs, displayed between 2016 and 2017 in London's Victoria & Albert Museum. However, his music didn't seem to be played by the DJ on his radio shows, according to available tracklistings on this site.
== Shows Played ==
* None
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia 
* Discogs
Category:Artists