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“Just get drunk and truck”
“absorbing….informative” Blues Matters 45 “a lovely old time feel … the audience all joined in enthusiastically” Blues in Britain 94
The Ragtime Jug Orchestra are the authentic stringband sound of the early 20th century, playing a good-time mix of ragtime, country blues, hokum, skiffle and jug band music. On a plethora of acoustic instrumentation the RJO perform hits from the levees of St Louis, the Beale Street bars of Memphis, the back hills of Tennessee, the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta and the sporting houses of New Orleans.
Audience participation is always encouraged – the RJO invite the audience to sing along and to join in on the kazoos, jugs and percussion instruments they make available at gigs and can even teach some authentic dance steps.
The RJO has been playing at events, parties, blues, folk and acoustic clubs, pubs and bars around Bristol, the Welsh Borders, South Wales, the Midlands and their home patch of Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean since 1999. Recent Festival appearances include the Linton Blues Festival, Upton Blues, Swanage Blues, Leicester City Blues, Crawley Folk Festival, Wallingford Blues Festival, The Big Session Folk Festival, Two Rivers Folk Festival, The Musician Bluegrass Festival, The Great British R&B Festival, Summer Sundae Indie Festval and Gloucester International Rhythm & Blues Festival. They have played with many well-known artists, including: Bob Brozman, Guy Davis, Paul Geremia, Dave Kelly, Steve James, Lazy Lester, Michael Messer, Big Bill Morganfield, Louisiana Red, Michael Roach, Philadelphia Jerry Ricks and Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan.
The RJO also run the Blue Front Blues Room venue (www.bluefrontbluesroom.org)
The RJO - ‘All Around Men for all occasions’ John Anderson – vocals, 6 & 12 string & National guitars, kazoos and jug Alan Draisey – vocals, 6 string guitars, Dobro, mandolin, harmonica, washboard and percussion
Contact details: 01594 861151 E-mail: [email protected] www.ragtimejug.co.uk