Ramblin Jug Stompers are pleased as punch to announce the birth of thir first CD, "Crooked Songs: Live at Caffe Lena." Yahoo! A fine 'n' funky little slab of laser-friendly plastic, the CD was recorded at one of RJS very first gigs - way back on March 4, 2006 at the venerable Saratoga Springs coffeehouse that's also been home to such folk faves as Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Loudon Wainwright III and David Bromberg, to name just a few of the greats to have graced Lena's stage.
The CD is raw, ragged and rough-hewn - just like every jug band recording should be. We performed in front of a sold-out crowd that night, and if you were lucky enough to be there, then what you heard then is exactly what you'll get with "Crooked Songs." Absolutely no overdubs. No tweaks. No sweetening.
Just a dozen great songs like the chuggin "Midnight Special," the rambunctious ``KC Moan" and the ever-ramblin "Eight More Miles to Louisville." We weren't even intending to make a record when we asked our pal Tom Lindsay to record the show. We just wanted to hear what we sounded like. (It's hard to tell sometimes when Mr. Eck is blowing a jug in your ear, ya know?) And our pal Ryder Cooley was there, too, adding her accordion and singing saw to that trademark RJS sound. It sounded so good that we decided to release it, and now here it is.
Ramblin Jug Stompers will be celebrating the release of "Crooked Songs" with a party and performance at Caffe Lena (47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs) at 8 p.m. Friday, December 15. It's going to be One Serious Callithumpian Throwdown. An Epic Night of New Post-Modern Old-Timey Music. A No-Holds-Barred Blast of American Ramble & Stomp. (I'd continue, but I've run out of capital letters.) So come on up, and share in the fun. So call the Caffe (518.583.0022) for your reservations now and be part of the Jug Stompin revolution.
It just wouldn't be the same without you.
December 6, 2006
"Crooked Songs" press juggernaut rolls on
And, of course, along with the release of our debut disc, we're also launching our first major press campaign.
We're doing two fine radio shows this week. You can hear Mr. Eck and Cousin Clyde bantering with local legend Jimmy Barrett on his looooong-running radio show, "Kaleidoscope," on the Edge (104.9 FM), airing at 9 a.m. Saturday, December 9. Too early for ya? Especially on a weekend? Well, never fear, "Kaleidoscope" will be re-broadcast at 7 p.m. Sunday, December 10. (That's right after the Bills whup the Jets.) So you can hear us twice - and get a sneak preview of "Crooked Songs: Live at Caffe Lena" almost a full week before it's officially released.
Ramblin Jug Stompers will be in full Stompin mode at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, December 13, as we invade the studios at WAMC (90.3 FM) for a live performance on "Performance Place," which is a sub-set show of the daily "The RoundTable." Other recent "RoundTable guests include Gene Wilder, Walter Cronkite, Maya Angelou and Hillary Clinton, so I guess we're in pretty good company. I when I say that we'll be playing live, I do indeed mean "live," so hopefully Bowtie will tune up before this one.
WAMC has always been good to RJS. We've played twice at the WAMC Performing Arts Studio (aka the Linda Norris Auditorium) - once as part of their Buck Owens Tribute Night and once with one of our fave Americana singer-songwriters, Tim Easton. In fact, the Easton show (in which RJS opened the night with a show of our own and then returned during Tim's show to back him up on a handful of impromptu tunes) was broadcast on WAMC just last month.
But radio is only part of RJS' press attack. We'll also be featured in The Daily Gazette out of Schenectady on Wednesday, December 13. The fearless Gazette writer Philip Schwartz will be featuring the Jug Stompers on his "Live in the Clubs" column. I say fearless because Philip dared to sit down with all four Jug Stompers at once for an interview last week at Tess' Lark Tavern. In recent weeks Philip has featured sensational singer-songwriter-folk legend Greg Brown and guitar phenom Kaki King, so once again, RJS are in damn good company. We can't wait to see what he manages to pull out of this free-wheelin chat.
We're doing two fine radio shows this week. You can hear Mr. Eck and Cousin Clyde bantering with local legend Jimmy Barrett on his looooong-running radio show, "Kaleidoscope," on the Edge (104.9 FM), airing at 9 a.m. Saturday, December 9. Too early for ya? Especially on a weekend? Well, never fear, "Kaleidoscope" will be re-broadcast at 7 p.m. Sunday, December 10. (That's right after the Bills whup the Jets.) So you can hear us twice - and get a sneak preview of "Crooked Songs: Live at Caffe Lena" almost a full week before it's officially released.
Ramblin Jug Stompers will be in full Stompin mode at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, December 13, as we invade the studios at WAMC (90.3 FM) for a live performance on "Performance Place," which is a sub-set show of the daily "The RoundTable." Other recent "RoundTable guests include Gene Wilder, Walter Cronkite, Maya Angelou and Hillary Clinton, so I guess we're in pretty good company. I when I say that we'll be playing live, I do indeed mean "live," so hopefully Bowtie will tune up before this one.
WAMC has always been good to RJS. We've played twice at the WAMC Performing Arts Studio (aka the Linda Norris Auditorium) - once as part of their Buck Owens Tribute Night and once with one of our fave Americana singer-songwriters, Tim Easton. In fact, the Easton show (in which RJS opened the night with a show of our own and then returned during Tim's show to back him up on a handful of impromptu tunes) was broadcast on WAMC just last month.
But radio is only part of RJS' press attack. We'll also be featured in The Daily Gazette out of Schenectady on Wednesday, December 13. The fearless Gazette writer Philip Schwartz will be featuring the Jug Stompers on his "Live in the Clubs" column. I say fearless because Philip dared to sit down with all four Jug Stompers at once for an interview last week at Tess' Lark Tavern. In recent weeks Philip has featured sensational singer-songwriter-folk legend Greg Brown and guitar phenom Kaki King, so once again, RJS are in damn good company. We can't wait to see what he manages to pull out of this free-wheelin chat.
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