Thank
you for making 2009
the biggest jubilee yet!
our all-day attendance reached an estimated
3000!
we LOOOOOOVE jug band music,
and it's good to see that the city that gave it life
wants to support it! Thanks Louisville! (and travelers,
too!)
The
new CD is out!
The BEST of 2008's performances
are available right here...Click
right in to CD baby!
...and Louisville's making history Again! Come join us for two historic unveilings
celebrating
the life of World Renowned Juggist,
EARL McDONALD !
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, at 2pm
Headstone Unveiling at
Louisville Cemetery
His music was remarkable.
His grave remains unmarked.
That will change when we
unveil a monument at
Earl's gravesite in Louisville Cemetery.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, at NOON
Roadside Memorial Unveiling
on historic River Road
Louisville is the
historical birthplace of Jug Band Music,
and thanks to many independent donors, Louisville
Cemetery, and our musical heritage, a permanent marker
will be erected in its honor inside of the Brown-Forman
Amphitheater.
National Jug Band Jubilee 2009
is dedicated to the Jubilee's founder
Rod Wenz (1936-2008)
Historians also will note that in Louisville a jug band revival emerged in 2005.
It started by serendipity at a Birmingham music festival where
Louisvillian Rod Wenz and wife Gloria heard, for the first time, a jug band.
Delighted by the sounds and antics of the
Juggernaut Jug Band, Rod was even more intrigued to learn
the band was from Louisville—and then excited to discover
Louisville's jug band history.
Determined to share the discovery of what
he termed "America's happiest music," Rod created
the National Jug Band Jubilee in 2005. Each year the
Louisville event has grown.
Rod died in 2008 but his legacy survives and, in fact, the 2009 jubilee features bands
from across the United States and Japan.
While Earl was a revered performer, few individuals are more
appreciated today by jug band members than Rod Wenz.
His enthusiasm for this unique music brought exposure and
renewed interest to jug bands. The joy in their happy
music delights new and growing numbers of listeners today
because of Rod's dedication its growth and his visionary
creation of the National Jug Band Jubilee.
National
Jug Band Jubilee
is a gathering of the nation's best jug bands,
performing
in the city that started it all, that brings America's Happiest Music back to its old Kentucky home.
Dedicated to preserving jug band music at its late 19th century home--Louisville, Kentucky.
National Jug Band Jubilee--funded in part through aKentucky Arts Council grant.
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band was from Louisville—and then excited to discover
Louisville's jug band history.