Mad City Jug Band

press release: Proud to claim the undisputed title of “America’s most adequate jug band” the Mad City Jug Band will perform at the Stoughton Opera House Friday, September 25.  The show starts at 7:30 p.m.; doors open at 6:45. Tickets are $15.

Got the Salty Dog Blues? Need some southern eel? How about some jelly roll?  The Mad City Jug Band should help you get your fix.  Forever entertaining audiences and enjoying themselves, they are on a mission to preserve the classic jug band and hokum repertoire from the 1920s and 1930s. Originating from Madison, WI, the band features two guitars, ukulele, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, upright bass, accordion, kazoo, washboard, other percussion, and, of course, a jug.   Mixing it up a bit, they include jug band revival tunes of the 1960s from such notables as the Grateful Dead, Janice Joplin, Jim Kweskin, and Maria Muldaur.  Proud to claim the undisputed title of “America’s most adequate jug band”, the Mad City Jug Band is a hoot and consistently puts on a fun and entertaining show sure to make you smile and clap your hands.