Jugology - Greatest Near Misses (Best Of...)

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Release Date: 2014-10-21

Label: Globe Records

Best of previously released titles including the perennial-hit "Santa Lost A Ho," plus bonus tracks of unreleased material. Celebrating 38 years of Holidays for the CJB, this release spans recordings from 1986-2009, from the albums, "Mistletoe Jam," "Treeside Hoot," "Rhythm On The Roof," "Uncorked," (engineered by Fred Catero) and "On The Holiday Highway". First ever “best of” release for the band.
“It’s a tongue-in-cheek, festive convergence of San Francisco Bay Area luminaries & stalwart purveyors of the jugabilly mystique!” ... "The kings of 100% acoustic folk-skiffle-swing holiday highjinks..."
Performed on washboard, drums, guitars, percussion, kazoos, slide whistles, jaw harp, washtub bass, jug, accordions, autoharp, harmonica, piano, tenor sax, soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, chromatic harmonica, recorder, trumpet, and mandolin by... Gregory Leroy "Duke" Dewey (Mad River, Country Joe & the Fish), Tim Eschliman (Etta James, Commander Cody, Rhythmtown-Jive), Austin deLone (Elvis Costello, Fabulous Thunderbirds), Dan Hicks, Paul Wenninger, Nicholas Q "Notjoe" Dewey, Ken "Turtle" Vandermarr, Paul Rogers (Those Darn Accordions), Blake Richardson, Jim Rothermel (Van Morrison), Lance Dickerson (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen), Nik Phelps (Sprocket Ensemble), Ken "Snakebite" Jacobs (Kinky Friedman) and more with Special Guests, Norton Buffalo, Angela Strehli and Maria Muldaur. Manufactured in the USA. Recyclable packaging.