Jook Joint Band is a jug band at heart and they have been wowing audiences with their snappy renditions of old time blues, skiffle and ragtime music in and around Western Australia for the past ten years. They like to call the music they play “dancing blues” as they make it their aim to get their audience tappin’ their feet and slappin’ their thighs.
Join the Jook Joint Band for a session of old time jug band roots and toe tappin’ dancing blues, skiffle, ragtime and rockabilly music with a twist! In bygone eras, when times were tight and there was little money to spare, jug bands made music using home-made instruments from anything that could make a sound…
In the day jug bands made music in dance halls and gin joints using home-made instruments from anything that came to hand. Whereas today the Jook Joint Band play songs with a toe tapping and infectious jumpin’ dance beat using a variety of instruments ranging from washboard, ukulele, kazoos, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, upright double bass, stand up drums, harmonica and of course jug!
With the release of 4 CD’s, “Barking in Freo”, “Jook Joint Band”, “Jookbox Music” and their newest “Shake That Thing” in 2017, more and more people will be recognising them. In particular as “Shake That Thing” reached #4 on the Amrap national community radio charts *.
Jook Joint Band are: Larry George on lead guitar, vocals; Sean Low on harmonica, kazoo, vocals; Bill Johnstone on guitar, washboard, kazoo, ukulele, jug, vocals; Peter Birch on drums, percussion, vocals and Paul Alexander on keys.
In the past few years we have been playing at bars/pubs and community events such as such as The National Hotel, Swallow Bar, Rodney’s Bait ‘n Tackle, Clancy’s Fish Pub, Mukinbudin Spring Festival, Canning Show, Waroona Show, City of Fremantle ‘Heritage Festival’ and the Perth Folk & Roots Club.
In addition, they have performed at music festivals including Blues at Bridgetown Festival.
JOOK JOINT BAND.. its Blues, Roots and Jug Band Music, made right here in Freo, WA!
Cakewalk into Town – Taj Mahal
Cocaine Habit Blues – Memphis Jug Band
Come back again – Daddy Cool
Denomination Blues – Washington Phillips
Ditty Wah Ditty – Blind Arthur Blake
Don’t sell it don’t give it away – Oscar Buddy Woods
Fashion is a TV show – Jook Joint Band
Fishin’ Blues – Henry Thomas
Get Rhythm – Johnny Cash
Gliding Penguins – Jook Joint Band
Going up the country – Canned Heat
Gotta shake that thing – Charlie Jackson
I want to be seduced – Leon Redbone
If you take me back – Big Joe McCoy
I’m through with you – McCoy Brothers
It’s all over now – Bobby Womack
James alley Blues – Richard Brown
Jean Harlow – Lead Belly
Johnny B Badde – Mungo Jerry
Jook Joint Jive – Jook Joint Band
Jug Band Music – Lovin’ spoonful
Keep your hands off her – Lead Belly
Moody River – John Fogerty
Morning Blues – Uncle Dave Macon
Move it on over – Hank Williams
My Babe – Willie Dixon
My Girl Josephine – Fats Domino
Oozlin’ Daddy Blues – Bill Cox/Cliff Hobbs
Rich Mans Blues – C W Stoneking
Sanitised Blues – Jook Joint Band
Shake it and break it – Charley Patton
She wouldn’t give me none – Joe & Minnie McCoy
Squeeze Box – the Who
Stealin’ Stealin’ – Memphis Jug Band
Step it up and go – Blind Boy Fuller
Steppin’ out – Old Crow Medicine show
Train – Jook Joint Band
Walking after midnight – Patsy Cline
Wild about my Lovin’ – Jim Jackson
