Alex, the
rules are that there have to be at least 2 “jug band
instruments” on stage and playing at any time. “Jug band
instruments” include jugs, kazoos, washboard, spoons, shakers,
“scrapy” things, washtub bass and other miscellaneous
non-traditional stuff. We always had 3 or 4 of those things
going at once. A cacophony of struck and plucked objects.
AND we had
young John Hardy, a 15 year old friend of a band member’s
daughter, who is a hip-hop “mouth musician.” He makes noises
with his mouth and a microphone which sound remarkably like a
jug, but without having the jug itself in attendance.
So
there you go, Alex, more than you ever wanted to know about
such things.
