- Jim Kweskin
Jim Kweskin (born
July 18 ,1940 ,Stamford, Connecticut ) is the founder of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, withFritz Richmond ,Mel Lyman , and Geoff andMaria Muldaur . They were active inBoston in the 1960s.Kweskin released six
album s and twogreatest hits compilations onVanguard Records between 1963-1970; "Jim Kweskin's America" onReprise Records in 1971; and four albums onMountain Railroad Records between 1978-87.For further reading
*Eric Von Schmidt and Jim Rooney, "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years", 1979 (out of print)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band members
*Jim Kweskin - guitar, vocals
*Mel Lyman - harmonica, banjo
*Bill Keith - pedal steel guitar
*Fritz Richmond - jug, washtub bass
*Richard Greene - fiddle
*Maria Muldaur - vocals, percussion
*Geoff Muldaur - guitar, vocalsExternal links
* [http://www.cookephoto.com/kweskin.html The Jim Kweskin Jug band at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival]
* [http://www.wirz.de/music/kweskdsc.htm Illustrated Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band discography]
* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=JIM|KWESKIN&sql=11:fifrxqq5ld6e~T1 Allmusic.com entry]
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