How to Use jug band in a Sentence
jug band
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Not bad for a former Bay Area jug band.
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Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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Look, for instance, for a conductor with a clock as a face, dancing luggage and a cicada jug band, among a host of other oddities.
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Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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But playing songs associated with his close friend — the one who had invited the teenage Weir into the jug band that became the Dead — remained daunting.
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David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
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The $10 general admission during the Lilac Festival on weekends includes petting zoo, lilac maze, hoe down & jug band shows, lawn games, and lilac viewing.
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Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Sonically, the genre is indebted to blues and gospel music, but echoes of other kinds of Black music—like work songs, string and jug band music, Black vaudeville, boogie-woogie, and even minstrelsy—can be heard in it.
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Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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