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.
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Jodi | 04-Apr-05 at 2:55 pm | Permalink
Emmett Otter’s Jug Band Christmas! A reclaimed memory from my childhood. Thank you, Siddums.
sid | 04-Apr-05 at 3:05 pm | Permalink
You’re welcome.
My favorite scene was when Emmet and Wendel won the contest with their “sword fight.”
Jodi | 05-Apr-05 at 2:14 pm | Permalink
And now, that memory is tainted. Cue Soft Cell.
Husker Dru | 07-Apr-05 at 1:05 am | Permalink
“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.
Tony | 07-Apr-05 at 6:43 am | Permalink
Have you checked out Tokyo Ska Paradise? Or as they say in Japan, SkaPara…. hep - hep, gedd’it-up.
Tony | 07-Apr-05 at 6:45 am | Permalink
Oh, I forgot the Orchestra . .
http://www.projectj.net/skapara.htm