Members & Guests

Natasha Haugnes (snare, vocals, tap, guitar), John Tuttle (guitar, vocals, accordion), and Rich Trevor (bass) are the core of Quake City Jug Band. Steve Scott moved away, but joins us when he is in town. 

Below are some of the other fabulous musicians who sometimes join us.
 
  • Zack Pitt-Smith: clarinet & saxophone
  • Charlie LaMothe: fiddle
  • John Bidwell: dobro and lap steel
  • Emmet Tuttle: bass & guitar
  • Oliver Tuttle: trombone
  • Ted Silverman: mandolin & guitar
  • Doug Cross: saxophone
  • "Fiddle Ray" Landsberg: fiddle
  • Tom Bekeny: fiddle & mandolin
  • Monica McKey: vocals
  • Kerry Parker: fiddle & vocals
  • Michael Schwartz: guitar
  • Jeff Terflinger: fiddle & vocals
  • Calvin Murasaki: fiddle
  • Karen Horner: bass & vocals
  • John Anning: drums

And dear musician friends who have moved on to jug jam in the sky, Rest and Jam in Peace:
  • Pete Devine: drums, jug, washboard
  • Myron Grossman (founding member of the Quake City Jug Band)
  • Dennis Campanga (founder of the Quake City Jug Band)

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