jug band: Meaning and Definition of

jug' band"

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a small group of performers who play chiefly blues or folk music on makeshift or very simple instruments, as washboards, harmonicas, kazoos, and empty jugs, the latter being played by blowing across the openings. Cf. spasm band.
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