The Christmas Jug Band

"The kings of 100% acoustic folk-skiffle-swing holiday highjinks"

The Christmas Jug Band: Stalwart purveyors of the jugabilly mystique! A tongue-in-cheek seasonal convergence of Dan Hicks, Commander Cody alumni and other San Francisco Bay Area luminaries: Gregory Leroy Dewey, Austin Delone, Tim Eschliman (Rhythmtown-Jive), Turtle Vandemarr, Paul Rogers (Those Darn Accordions), Jim Rothermel, Nik Phelps, Adam Gabriel, Paul Wenninger, Nick "Not Joe" Dewey, and Blake Richardson. "The alternative Christmas record of the year." (Mistletoe Jam) - Midwest Record Recap.
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NEWS:

12-22-07: Update- we found a few more copies of the Uncorked CD AND... it has been reordered! Sorry we ran out for a moment Order now!
NEW Kelly Green T-Shirts are in! and NEW Mini-Washboards are in!
NOW... Jug Band 2007 tour dates including some new venues this year, Sunnyvale Theater, Larkspur Theater Cafe, and Mill Valley's Masonic Hall.
Order CJB CDs! On Sale Now (discount)
Germany's well-established, oldest, and big indie label, Trikont, adds the CJB's song "That's His Red Wagon" (from Rhythm On The Roof) to their upcoming wacked out holiday release.
Check out the CJB MySpace page
Jug Band goes digital!
...song downloads now from Snocap or Apple's iTunes for:
- Uncorked: MP3s:
- Rhythm On The Roof MP3s:
- Treeside Hoot MP3s:
- Mistletoe Jam MP3s:
The CJB on NBC's My Name Is Earl: "Twas the Night Before Christmas" from Mistletoe Jam featured on Season One, Edisode 10, "White Lie Christmas."
New photos from 2006 season on the Media Kit page.
We now have red and green t-shirts (see below)

Mistletoe Jam CD now Re-issued on Globe Records
[more info] - [Order Now!]

Cover painting by Mark Keller	On Sale! $13.00 ($11.70 each if ordering $35 or more) Uncorked by The Christmas Jug Band Order here or find out more.	Photo by Paul Wenninger
he release of "UNCORKED" marks the silver anniversary of that momentary lapse of sanity grown to ubiquitous proportions, known as The Christmas Jug Band. This milestone recording was richly engineered by the great FRED CATERO (Pointer Sisters, Santana, Barbra Streisand's "People." Sly & the Family Stone) and Arjan MacNamara, who know the idiosyncrasies of capturing acoustic eccentricities better than anyone. This irreverent crewe of Dan Hicks, Austin deLone, Tim Eschliman, Paul Rogers, Jim Rothermel, Adam Gabriel, Lance Dickerson and Blake Richardson deliver a dozen season-stopping classics spearheaded by the great Rogers classic already making a buzz, "SANTA LOST A HO". To help emphasize this monumental statement, original founding members Nick Dewey (first time on a CJB recording!), Greg "Duke" Dewey (Mad River, Country Joe McDonald, Marty Balin) and Paul Wenninger (washtub virtuoso) were imported for the sessions. There are also special guest appearances by Norton Buffalo, a duet with Texas blues master Angela Strehli and Bay Area favorite, Maria Muldaur, and the great powerhouse soul-gospel of Mike Duke (Wet Willy, Delbert McClinton). A new Christmas tradition not to be missed! More info or order here.