Why yes, I did run into a wacky Japanese wash board/rag band — complete with a real wash-tub bass — playing on the sidewalk in Harajuku during my Sunday stroll. Of course I bought a CD. And yes, you should check them out.
And yes, there also is a jug band around here somewhere.
Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas! A reclaimed memory from my childhood. Thank you, Siddums.
You’re welcome.
My favorite scene was when Emmet and Wendel won the contest with their “sword fight.”
And now, that memory is tainted. Cue Soft Cell.
“Of course I bought a CD.”
Did they cover “Ain’t No Hole in the Washtub?”
The highlight of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas has to be the performance by the Riverbottom Nightmare Band–the Motley Crue of Muppets.
Have you checked out Tokyo Ska Paradise? Or as they say in Japan, SkaPara…. hep – hep, gedd’it-up.
Oh, I forgot the Orchestra . .
http://www.projectj.net/skapara.htm