The Fat Chance Jug Band
Jug band music from south Minneapolis
A loose combination of amateur musicians with years of jug band experience, Fat Chance has taken home the trophy at Jug Band Battles throughout Minnesota.
Fat Chance covers not only classic jug band tunes from Cannon’s Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band, but jug band versions of classic country, blues, early rock, and modern singer songwriters. Unlike many so-called jug bands, we actually use a jug, as well as washboards, kazoos, guitars, banjo, mandolin, washtub bass and harmonica. Plus some kazoo-like instruments that Bob invented. Available for bars, coffeehouses, and other low joints, as well as private parties, country picnics, festivals and the like. If we feel like it.
The Players
Randy Marsh
Jug, guitar and kazoo
Kris Garwick
Washboard, kazoo and train whistle
Bob Fyfe
Guitar, harmonica, washtub and improvised instruments
Bill Lawrence
Guitar, mandolin, kazoo and jug
Jeremy Iggers
Banjo and kazoo
Steve Maxwell
Guitar, mandolin and harmonica
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Bars, coffeehouses, private parties, picnics and festivals. Proudly based in south Minneapolis.