Catchy, Funny and Fresh!
author: Carl M. Nielsen
Since I've got this album, I've been playing it constantly. It surely got what it takes: great tunes, devoted musicians who play with energy and entusiasm. Last but not least it's not too serious, but a lot of fun. A nice surprise was to hear Juggernaut Jug's lyrical version of "Lydia, The Tatooed Lady" - a song I only knew from a unforgetable scene in a Max Brothers movie. But the album also contains beat/rock tunes such as "Pinball Wizard" as Pete Townshend probably never imagined it played and "You Really Got Me" in a extremely raw og rough version.
From the opening bars of the first track, "Cowboy", the album just kicks off, and take the listener away. And the secdond track "Who Walks In" is even greater.And is goes on, all the way through. Wonderfull music with apealing freshness. Melodic and catchy, energic and driving, and with the smiles, happiness and joking that fills a warm summer in to a grey wintherday. But also a touch of a deeper, more poetic mood, with some elements of Gypsy Swing and unique nostalgic melancolia. Just as a little undertone. Nothing that spoils the fun. Just what it takes to make it even greater, more intensive.
Even though it's pure jug-style, in the tradition of Jim Kweskin, it's not at all copy and cliché. Juggertnaut Jug got there own distinctive sound and personality.
In my opinion among the 10 or 15 definetive best albums released in the last ten years.
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The best medicine...
author: Stu
Great music from a great Jug Band. If you listen to this CD...and you're not tapping your toes within the first minute...you must be dead!
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Pinball Wizard is great
author: Shari
Pinball Wizard alone is worth the price of the CD.
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author: Tamara Turner, CD Baby.com
For a light, laughin', swingin' good time, your search ends here. Cultivated from jazzy jug-band music; 1920's sparkle, Hawaiian ukelele styles, ragtime, old cowboy songs, early jazz swing and their own delightfully upbeat, almost goofy flair, the Juggernaut Jug Band is everything a vintage nut could want and then some. Maintaining their fun, kazoo-rivaling sound while shining with unbeatable musicianship, these boys know how to lighten your load with pure, aural fructose. And I mean that in a good way.
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