when did jug bands start?
The Jim Kweskin Jug Band celebrates its 50th anniversary. The Jim Kweskin Jug Band, (from left) Mel Lyman, Maria Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur, Kweskin, and Bill Keith, at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964. For a group as colorful and influential as it was, the Jim Kweskin Jug Band had a rather dubious start.