Strictly Jug Nuts

About
The
Band...

Winners of
The 2009 and 2011
Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands

Strictly Jug Nuts was organized in 2008 by long-time Old Town School teacher Skip Landt. As Jug Nuts, we love jug band music, especially when it's fused with music from the 60's and 70's. As we're led by our hearts, we will get on the road at the drop of a jug.
The band includes key members of the jug band that won the 25th Annual Battle of the Jug Bands in Minnesota in 2007 and individuals whose music appears on collections and CDs including Jugs Across America, Hare of the Jug, Good For What Ail's Ya, and the Old Town School Songbook Collection.

Strictly Jug Nuts has performed at festivals, concerts, workshops, and other social gatherings, including the 2008 Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands and the 2008 Caxton Club Revels and Annual Auction. In February 2009, SJN their workshop/concert drew an all-ages crowd at the University of Chicago Folk Festival. in 2010 and 2011, we had the unique experience of being tradition breakers: a long tradition of entertainment by military bands was broken when we were hired to play our jug band music at the annual picnic for the Town of Fort Sheridan.

In 2011 we celebrated the lives of Joe and Joe and Charlie McCoy by dedicating their gravestones at the Restvale Cemetary in Summit, Illinois. In 2011 we were invited to play on the national television program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (but had to decline). Perhaps our greatest honor has been in twice winning the Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands (2009, 2011), and having our name inscribed upon "the Stuffy," the antique sausage press trophy.

The band includes guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, jug, croaker, and kazoo, with Boom Boom on washtub bass, Jake on his unique electrified washboard, and Petrie on kitcheware, canjo, melodia, and chimes. We offer hands-on, jug, kazoo, and percussion opportunities so audiences can join in the fun.

For more information and Bookings: contact Skip Landt

About
The
Players...

Top Dog - Skip Landt - Banjo & Harp	Andy David (L) Guitars and Vocals Chuck Kreuser (R) Guitars and Vocals	Petrie Fishman Vocals & Kitchenware
Ginny Morin - Harp & Vocals	Jacob Fishman - Washboard	Fran Landt - Vocals, Spoons, Kazoo, Jug, Croaker, & such
Steve "Boom Boom" Brownstein - Electric Wash Tub Bass	David Kachalon - Harp and Vocals	Richard Stowell Mandolin, and much more....
	Michelle Weinberg Upright Bass

Up & Coming...


	Third Sunday, Every Month Next show is May 20th 4008 N. Lincoln ( at Irving). 5-7 pm There is a free parling lot behind the restaurant. $5 minimum * 5739 N Clark St Chicago, IL 60660
	Honky Tonk Bar-B-Q Date Pending... 7:30 PM 1800 S. Racine Avenue Chicago, IL 60608 (312) 226-7427
	Jug Band Summit June 27th Martyr's 3855 N. LINCOLN

What
People
Say...

"Strictly Jug Nuts is a musical feast for preschoolers. At RELC the children were immediately drawn into the high energy percussion and creative versions of old favorites, folk music, and hilarious original lyrics. The spectrum of sounds and instruments is awesome! Highly recommended!"

--Allan Howe, Board Chair, Reba Early Learning Center, Evanston

"We had a fabulous time! Your band is really great! Please let us know when you are playing again. Our son, miraculously, didn't fall asleep on the way home. He played his kazoo and sang the whole way home. You inspired him. Thanks again! We all loved it.

-- J

"Their show, their gimmick, their music, takes you on a musical journey letting your mind roam freely. Within the band Strictly Jug Nuts, they have captured a live music show that is incredible, original, and leaves a warm feeling within you after they are done."

-- Roger Reis, Chicago Live Music Examiner
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"Everyone loved the band. You are really great!!! It absolutely made the evening. I can't thank you enough."
--Laura Cerf-Dahl, Chicago Women's Art Caucas

Strictly Jug Nuts is just a phenomenal act that caught everyone’s attention. They played the washboard, a banjo, kazoos, acoustic guitars and a bunch of other instruments that are not seen much these days. They did a great version of “My Blue Heaven” in a style that was warm and easy on the ears.

-- Chicago Live Music Examiner - Roger Reis

About
The
Show...

Watch some Videos!
	Viola Lee Blues	Summer Time
	The Eggplant That Ate Chicago	Keep It Clean
	My Blue Heaven	Dora's Medely
	What's The Matter With The Well	The Chicago Battle of the Jug Bands 2011
	Goody Goody @ The Old Town School of Folk Music

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This site was created 10/2008, last update February 22, 2012