The Wild West Bank Sound
Jug Bands on the West Bank
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A thriving jug band scene persists to the present day on Minneapolis' West Bank.
As if to prove all genres were welcome on Minneapolis' West Bank, a thriving jug band scene persists to the present day.
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The Wild West Bank Sound
Jug Bands on the West Bank
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As if to prove all genres were welcome on Minneapolis' West Bank, a thriving jug band scene persists to the present day.
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[Jug Band Music] Eve: The jug band scene was great.
Bruce: Judy Larson and Bill Hinckley were big in it too, but Dave Morton really originated it.
And he had the first jug band on the West Bank, Dave Morton and the Jook Savages.
Mary: Will Donnock's jug band, which I joined up in, was called Mama's Home Cooking.
One of the things about the jug bands was, you didn't have to be a great musician.
You could, they would have their little kids and their mother-in-law and everybody just up there beating on stuff, you know, playing pots and pans.
And so it would be 20 people on stage.
Eve: And the actual battle of the jug bands that happens on the West Bank every year.
It was just so much fun.
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