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.

Upcoming Performances

Catch the ruckus live

July 23 4:30 - 6 p.m. • Uptown Farmers. Market, Lagoon & Girard, Minneapolis

July 31 7-9 p.m. Urban Forage Cidery 3016 E. Lake St., Minneapolis

August 23 10-12 a.m. Kingfield Farmers Market, Martin Luther King Park, 40th & Nicollet, Minneapolis

September 30, 5-7 p.m. Nokomis Farmers Market, 5167 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis

Randy Marsh

Kris Garwick

Bob Fyfe

jug, guitar and kazoo

Washboard, kazoo and train whistle

guitar, harmonica, washtub and improvised instruments

Bill Lawrence

Jeremy Iggers

Steve Maxwell

Guitar, mandolin, kazoo and jug

Banjo and kazoo

Guitar, mandolin and harmonica