Quake City Jug Band

Friday, March 25, 2016 8-10PM  $15 advance / $20 door Quake City Jug Band and guest John Bidwell with Tonebent  Acoustic Music Berkeley    Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) 1924 Cedar St (at Bonita), Berkeley Tonebent, Robin Eschner and Bill Horvitz, will open this very special show with their fabulous harmonies and inspired original songs. Quake City Jug Band will then move in with the washboard and tap shoes and the ever-so-musical "Dobro" John Bidwell to bring you some of our freshest harmonious material that we have been working on this winter. Refreshments are available at intermission. This show is part of George Cole and Sheila Swift's  Acoustic Music Series .

The original Quake City Jug Band, circa 1994 Yakin, Natasha, Myron, Dennis and Steve O. with "Pocahantas," the washtub bass

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