Quake City Jug Band

Every now and then, QCJB falls head over heels for a "new" artist. We listen to their CDs over and over. We curse the tunes as they become ear worms for weeks on end. Then we give in, an try to actually learn the songs, with John giving the final stamp of approval on our chord arrangements.  Casey MacGill is our latest love. He is by no means a new artist, but he's new to us. Natasha first ran across him at the Pink Door in Seattle, WA in 2012. Words cannot do this guy and his band justice. Just listen . And here's one that we are really enamored with: Me and the Moon .

image from SFGate:  http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/S-F-Folk-Music-Club-leader-Faith-Petric-dies-4975619.php Faith Petric, matriarch of the San Francisco folk music scene, passed away on Oct 24, 2013 at the age of 98.  The Quake City Jug Band had its genesis at the San Francisco Free Folk Club jam at Faith's house in the mid 1990's. it was there at a basement jam that Dennis Campagna assembled Myron, Natasha and Yakin to start the QCJB. Steve Scott, another Folk Club regular joined the band awhile later.    Steve took his mandolin and went to visit with Faith just a couple of short weeks before she passed away. She loved the bug song! And in spite of her very weak state, she sang and hummed along with other old tunes that he played for her.  Faith, thank you for years of encouragement, support and music. May your spirit live on in all of the musical unions that you fostered!

Well the SFFFF is getting better every year. Thank you to the amazing efforts of the entire VOLUNTEER staff of the festival for all of their amazing work and dedication. And the sound crew was the BEST. It was an honor for Quake City Jug Band to be asked to play on the main stage. We had a blast! Thanks to the terrific audience and the dancers, too! John Tuttle gave a workshop on Sunday called Music Theory for Non-Instrumentalists. He created a groovy tool for analyzing and understanding relative notes on a scale which you can download here:  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o4b6wvyeiuedmy0/Lferbt4xkn Feel free to email John with questions.

Saturday-Sunday, June 8-9, 2013   The San Francisco Free Folk Festival at Presidio Middle School in SF! http://www.sffolkfest.org/  Saturday 5PM: QCJB plays an East Coast Swing dance workshop  Sunday 7:55PM: Faith Petric Main Stage And don't miss QCJB member & affiliates workshops: Saturday 12PM Myron Grossman's Blues Jam (with Tom Murray) Saturday 1PM John Tuttle's Help Wanted--careers in music Saturday 2-4PM California Jug Band Assoiciation Jam Saturday 3PM Myron Grossman's Harmonica and Guitar (with Tom Murray) Saturday 4PM Steve Scott's Beginning Mandolin Sunday 2PM John Tuttle's Music Theory for Non-Instrumentalists

Friday , May 17, 2013 7-9:30 PM   Cafe Leila 1724 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley Celebrate Norwegian Independence Day with us-- WITHOUT lutefisk. Cafe Leila food is TERRIFIC and the ambiance could not be better. It's a cozy venue with super nice folks. BYOB: they have no liquor license, no corkage fee, but plenty of wine glasses and corkscrews for the wine and aquavit that you bring with you.

Next appearance... Main Stage West  in Sebasto pol! Sunday April 21, 2013 5PM  We are sharing the bill with our good friends and fellow musicians, the very talented 9- voice Take Jack !