The 28th Annual Minneapolis

Sunday After the SuperBowl
February 14, 2010  1pm-8pm
at the Cabooze - 917 Cedar Avenue on the West Bank - Minneapolis, MN

Plus  - 7 pm Saturday February 13th
The *Saturday Night Pancake League* at the Corner Bar,
1501 Washington Ave, Minneapolis  (Seven Corners, West Bank - Minneapolis, MN)

*click here for the details below*


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2009 results: COMO AVENUE JUG BAND TAKES HOME THE COVETED HOLLIWOOD® WAFFLE IRON!

Top Winners at  the 27th Annual Battle of the Jug Bands

The Como Avenue Jug Band from Minneapolis won the 26th annual Battle of the Jug Bands, held Feb. 8, 2009 at Minneapolis' Cabooze Bar.

Twenty bands competed in this year's battle for the coveted trophy, graciously passed from the 2008 winner, Gramma's Saggy Jug.

Announcing winners

A  gigantic crowd gathered to schmooze, listen to jugband music, and enjoy some fine cooking at the potluck.

Judges Jesse Downs, Sara Root, and John Mac not only toiled admirably to pick the winner, but came up with some dandy honourable mentions:

Best Bribe: Plan B (The bribe remains a mystery).

Singlest Entendre: Slim Harry Mama

Most Classic: The Crotaline Shakers - received judge Jesse's suspenders, but gave them back when his pants kept falling down.

Most Psychedlic Wild Ride: Grand Pappy John 'n' the Jugglings - recieved a psychedlic coloring book.

Most Rockin' Band: The Goat Riders, with Michael Lynch specifically named as Most Rockin' Harmonica - He received a white rock with his name on it and some drawings. 

Third Place: Sasquach Wristwatch - received a deck of playing cards.

Second Place:  The Barehand Jugband - received kisses from the judges.

Thanks to all of the volunteers and Cabooze staff people who made last year's event possible, and to to all of the wonderful people who attended the battle, brought food to share, and donated at the door. 

The Potluck:
 This us a LONG event, folks, and it takes a lot of nutrition to keep up the strength for hours and hours of the best jugs, kazoos, and wash tubs in this part of the universe.
 
 So do your part and bring a little something to munch on for the Traditional Battle Potluck.  The years have served up some of the best eats around.  Bring grandma's favorite hotdish, your prize-winning tofu quiche, pickled pig's feet, a bag of chips - whatever you can contribute to the table - it's all good. (But don't be an embarrassment to your friends and family (there's enough of that coming from the stage) ...pitch in to keep the potluck area tidy!

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STAVE OFF HUNGER
Last year (for the first time), we invited the EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF to come and gather items for food shelves in local neighborhoods.
This tradition will continue this year-Bring a non-perishable food item.

Emergency Food Shelf Logo

Ted Evans from the food shelf called the Monday after the 2009 Battle to tell us we collected 350 lbs of food.  That is enough for 260 individual meals.  He also said that other events his organization has participated in have collected far less than came in at the Battle. He was very appreciative.


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The 2010 LINEUP:
 
 1.   1:00-1:15 Como Avenue Jug Band - Minneapolis
 2.   1:20-1:35 Malcom Tent and the Heptic Discharge - Apple Valley, MN 
 3.   1:40-1:55 Mississippi Undertow- Minneapolis
 4.   2:00-2:15 Sasquatch Wristwatch- Minneapolis
 5.   2:20-2:35 New Improved Jook Savages - Angora, MN
 6.   2:40-2:55 Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures - Plymouth, MN
 7.   3:00-3:15 3 Good Samaritans - Minneapolis
 8.   3:20-3:35 Goat Hearts -St. Paul
 9.   3:40-3:55 Fisher Coulee Ramblers - River Falls, WI
10.   4:00-4:15 The Hump Night Thumpers -  Chicago
11.   4:20-4:35 Mad City Jug Band  - Madison, WI
12.   4:40-4:55 Boo Bradley - Columbus, WI
13.   5:00-5:15 Feral Dogs - Columbia Heights, MN
14.   5:20-5:35 Lee "Colorblind" Johnson  - Duluth
15.   5:40-5:55 Don't Try This At Home Jug Band -St. Paul
16.   6:00-6:15 Woodshop -Brooklyn Park, MN
17.   6:00-6:15 Strictly Jug Nuts - Chicago
18.   6:40-6:55 Mommy and the Bollocky Boys - Iowa City
19.   7:00-7:15 West Bank Temperance League - Columbia Heights, MN
20.   7:20-7:35 Roe Family Singers - Plymouth, MN
 
many bands-past and present- have web pages
find them on our Links page
Band Registration

for the 2010 Annual Battle ended on December 31, 2009. Click on the "How to Enter" waffle link (left) for details about how the registration works.

Letters confirming band entries were sent within a few days of recipt.

The drawing for battle slots happened on January 1, 2010.

We received  a record-shattering 35 entries
for the 20 spots we have for the battle.


Check out many band websites on the "Links" waffle link.

See past contestants on the "Images" and "History" Waffle link.

The history pages
Posters dating back to 1966 - The Waffle Iron Trophy -
- David Morton's History of Minnesota Jugbands - 
plus NEWLY UNCOVERED webpages - unseen in 10 years!





With the snow flying, subzero temperatures and cabin fever setting in, it must mean that the Annual Battle of the Jug Bands is just around the corner.   For 27 years, jug bands have convened to determine who takes home the coveted traveling waffle iron trophy. 

If you were at the 2009 Battle you know that the competition was stiff.  20 bands went kazoo to washboard as they battled it out on the stage of the Cabooze.

MJ Mueller

Thanks to the emcees lead by MJ Mueller as they diplomatically kept the bands on time and honest.  No one wanted to leave until the last band played and the judges came in with their decision.
In the end it was The Twin Cities' Como Avenue Jug Band that wooed the judges, took the honors and gained the right to have their name engraved with the past winners on the coveted Holliwood® waffle iron.


 
It's a
St. Valentines Day Battle valentine
this year - so...
bring some  CHOCOLATE to share with me
NEW NEW NEW!
The Saturday Night Pancake League 
Thanks to some great work by Josh of the People's Jug Band, an alternate pre-battle battle has been set up for bands unlucky enough to have missed out in the lottery.

The event will be on Saturday February 13th at the Corner Bar, 1501 Washington Ave, Minneapolis  (on Seven Corners - kittycorner from the Town Hall Brewery).  Event satrts at 7 pm.
 Map Here.

The whole story can be found in the letters section on the "How to enter" page, where your band can also find contact information for Josh.

The following bands are on for Saturday, each playing about a half hour:
 Courtney McClean and the Dirty Curls
The Sliced Bread Jug Band
Barehand Jug Band
Pre-Apocalyptic Junkyard Orchestra
The Fat-Chance Jug Band
The Flesh and Blood Jug Band
The Crotaline Shakers
The Waindogs
The Peoples Jug Band
Pre-Battle Jugband Jam & Social
Because of time constraints and the low turnout in past years, the committee decided not to secure a formal space for a Prebattle Gathering in 2010.
(But do check out the notice about the Saturday Night Pancake League above)
2009 Gathering at the Eagles


Space for the 2008 and 2009 pre-battle jug band jam and social hour was  provided by the good folks at Eagles Club Aerie Nº 34 (25th Avenue + 25th St in Minneapolis), on the late afternoon before the battle. King-sized thanks to the great folks at the Eagles for their ongoing support of the local music scene.


Eagle's Club: 
MAP click HERE
2507 East 25th Street in South Minneapolis 

They finally done did it. In 2008 for the first time, an Annual Battle of the Jugbands has jumped the Minnesota Border, all the way to Illinois. It's officially become Annual with a second battle this November. Click on the links above for more information, here and here for some photos of the event. Bands with members from as far off as Denver and Portland packed the place.
The coveted Sausage Stuffer Trophy stayed in The City of Broad Shoulders with the winning Strictly Jug Nuts placing it on display at the Chicago School of Folk Music (where the Coveted Holliwood Iron resided for a year)  Details here.

(We're just telling you about this:
 The Chicago and Annual Minneapolis Battles
 are not formally connected, as if that matters)

Below are the Lyrics to that song that the White Lightnin' Waffle Stompers
did about the Battle a couple years back:

JUG BAND JAMBOREE
Craig Kent
 
Grab your washboard grab your jug
going down to the West Bank and party tonight
Gonna drink that stuff till our brains get numb
gonna pick and grin till the cows come home
 
chorus
Jug band jamboree come on down and join the fun
jug band jamboree come on down it's all for free
 
 
Here comes Willie free as a bird
and he don't have a care in the world
gonna play that bottom sweet and low
but he ain't drivin' when it's time to go
 
There's my baby looking so fine
got me rockin' and a reelin' man I ain't lyin'
grab a partner and get up and dance
or grab a kazoo and join the band
 
Bring something good for your friends to eat
or just bring yourself and stomp your feet
keep an eye on the waffle iron we all know why
with Judy around it'll get up and fly
 
 
We got Snaky Dave Ray in our hearts today
his spirit lives on in the music we play
we got Dylan not Bob, Soupy, Fritz and White Rabbit
singing jug band music is here to stay
  
     
 I sing the chorus after every verse
     but I don't know how you want to print it.
       the Craigster asks:
"Am I going to have to copywright them first so Cannon's Jug Stompers or The Memphis Jug Band don't record it and make a million and claim they wrote it? Or Mama's Saggy Jugs? Or whatever Fat Chance's name du jour is???"

Sunday, February 14, 2010  1pm-8pm


"...really one tradition that needs to be spread, like peanut butter, or manure." Peter Stampfel
at the Cabooze - 917 Cedar Avenue on the West Bank - Minneapolis, MN









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