Jim Kweskin – now that’s a legendary name, leader of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band through the Sixties and beyond, playing with people like Geoff Muldaur and appearing at the original Newport Folk Festival five years in a row (1964-68). Jug Band music was one of the vibrant forms of folk and jazz influenced music that would go on to influence the early Grateful Dead, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and, perhaps more than anyone, the Lovin’ Spoonful. It was a particularly light hearted blending of pre-war Jazz, folk, blues, western swing and hokum and embraced a home made feel most notably with washtub bass and the ubiquitous blown jug accompaniment. In Britain it would be called skiffle. And whilst those might be regarded as the “glory days”, Jim Kweskin continued through the decades in various line-ups and under various band names, appearing live and recording a pile of albums and has surly continued to be an influence on younger embracers of this strange branch of folk-Americana.
Which brings us to today and wouldn’t you know it a new song from a new album – Jim Kweskin & The Berlin Hall Saturday Night Revue, featuring five-time GRAMMY Award-winner Cindy Cashdollar, producer/bassist/frequent-Kwes
