16 SEPTEMBER 2020
HITTING THE ROAD AGAIN
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It was fantastic to be back on the road again this week after 7 months of being apart due to the pandemic. Little did we know when we said goodbye to each other after our thoroughly enjoyable gig at Congleton Cricket Club for Congleton Unplugged in late February just what was coming! We should have had 4 gigs in a week shortly afterwards, the first of which would have served as our album launch gig but instead we had to wait until September for our next booking, finally returning to playing live together at The Upside Down Jazz Cellar on 6th September. What a crowd and what a venue! With stunning views across Devon whilst we played it reminded us just how much fun we'd missed. We even managed to play 3 gigs in a week to boot, also taking in a favorite of our's - The Borehole in Stone, playing outside for the first time, and The Gresley Arms in Alsagers Bank where the original incarnation of the band made it's first live appearance over 8 years ago and again the stunning views there where a real treat. Here's to hopefully more gigs to come. We already have 2 dates in now for October at Birmingham Jazz Festival and hope to add more if we can.
See you down the road...
2020 - GIG CANCELLATION TRACKER
Everyone is being hit hard at the moment with the effects of the Corona Virus pandemic. For musicians it's a very difficult and uncertain time. We strive to entertain the public and try to create a release from the stresses of everyday life, so we aim to be back doing just that as soon as we possibly can. Understandably our gig list has been hit hard over the last few months so please see our list of cancellations so far below including any rearranged dates;
These gigs have already been rescheduled for;
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Jan 16th 2021 Green Note (London)
Apr 17th 2021 Tuckers Jazz Club (Dalwood, Devon)
May 4th 2021 Wurzel Bush Folk Club (Rugby)
May 21st 2021 1066 Jazz Club (Hastings, East Sussex)
Jun 10th 2021 Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival (Dumfries)
Jun 11th 2021 Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival (Dumfries)
Jun 12th 2021 Retro Festival (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
Sept 2nd 2021 Bude Jazz Festival (Cornwall)
Sept 3rd 2021 Bude Jazz Festival (Cornwall)
Mar 19th Jazz Club 90 (Albrighton, Shropshire)
Mar 20th Burton Jazz Club (Staffordshire)
Mar 20th The Old Duke (Bristol)
Mar 21st Tuckers Jazz Club (Dalwood, Devon)
Apr 13th Nantwich Jazz & Blues Festival (Cheshire)
Apr 14th Droitwich Jazz Club (Worcestershire)
Apr 17th Wivey Has Jazz (Wiveliscombe,Somerset)
Apr 21st Wurzel Bush Folk Club (Rugby)
Apr 25th Brasserie Zedel (Soho, London)
May 2nd Green Note (Camden)
May 8th Charles Cotton Hotel (Hartington, Derbyshire)
May 23rd The Jug (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
May 23rd Private Party (Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
May 31st Vintage Nostelgia Festival (Wiltshire)
May 31st Huntingdon Hall (Worcestershire)
Jun 11th Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival (Dumfries)
Jun 12th Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival (Dumfries)
Jun 13th Retro Festival (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
Jun 13th Dove Holes Jazz Club (Derbyshire)
Jun 20th Private Party (Sheen, Derbyshire)
Jun 26th The Old Duke (Bristol)
Aug 29th Aberjazz (Fishguard, South Wales)
Sep 3rd Bude Jazz Festival (Cornwall)
Sep 4th Bude Jazz Festival (Cornwall)
Sep 6th Jazzamatazz (Coventry)
Sep 12th Bootlegger (Cardiff)
Oct 16th 1066 Jazz Club (Hastings, East Sussex)
Oct 16th Birmingham Jazz Festival (Evening performance)
Nov 3rd Kingsbridge Jazz Club (Aveton Gifford, Devon)
Dec 8th 2020 Droitwich Jazz Club (Worcestershire)
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05 AUG 2020
SPIRAL EARTH REVIEW
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Thanks you to Harmonica World for reviewing the album in the latest issue
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26 JULY 2020
BLUES IN THE SOUTH REVIEW
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Thank you to Blues In The South for reviewing Goodbye Booze in the latest issue
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26 JULY 2020
SPIRAL EARTH REVIEW
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A big thank you to Simon Jones and all at Spiral Earth fro the 4 star review of Goodbye Booze read it here www.spiralearth.co.uk/goodbye-booze-jake-leg-jug-band/
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02 JULY 2020
TWOJ BLUES REVIEW
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A big thank you to Twoj Blues Magazine in Poland for reviewing the new album in this month's issue. See the translation also included alongside the review
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27 MAY 2020
BLUES MATTERS ALBUM REVIEW
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A big thank you to Norman Darwen and all at R’n’R magazine for reviewing our album Goodbye Booze in the latest issue
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25 MAY 2020
R 'n' R ALBUM REVIEW
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A big thank you to Norman Darwen and all at R’n’R magazine for reviewing our album Goodbye Booze in the latest issue
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18 MAY 2020 - UPDATED
GIG CANCELLATIONS
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please see our list of cancellations so far due to Covid19:
Mar 19th Jazz Club 90 (Albrighton, Shropshire)
Mar 20th Burton Jazz Club (Staffordshire)
Mar 20th The Old Duke (Bristol)
Mar 21st Tuckers Jazz Club (Dalwood, Devon)
Apr 13th Nantwich Jazz & Blues Festival (Cheshire)
Apr 14th Droitwich Jazz Club (Worcestershire)
Apr 17th Wivey Has Jazz (Wiveliscombe,Somerset)
Apr 21st Wurzel Bush Folk Club (Rugby)
Apr 25th Brasserie Zedel (Soho, London)
May 2nd Green Note (Camden)
May 8th Charles Cotton Hotel(Hartington)
May 23rd The Jug (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
May 23rd Private Party (Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
May 31st Vintage Nostelgia Festival (Wiltshire)
May 31st Huntingdon Hall (Worcestershire)
Jun 11/12th Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival (Dumfries)
June 13th Retro Festival (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
June 13th Dove Holes Jazz Club (Derbyshire)
June 20th Private Party (Sheen, Derbyshire)
June 26th The Old Duke (Bristol)
Sept 3rd/4th Bude Jazz Festival (Cornwall)
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05 DEC 2019
GOODBYE BOOZE
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Album 6 - Goodbye Booze is finally nearing completion and is scheduled for release in mid January. The album commemorates 100 years since the start of the American prohibition and features 11 tracks written at the time from all sides. The album will be available on CD and download as well as a 6 CD 'bootleg' boxset
10 MAR 2020
GOODBYE BOOZE - CD & DIGITAL RELEASE
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So album 6 is finally here! Goodbye Booze was released on CD and download on 10th March and is now available to buy via the Green Bullet Records website as well as iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and all your usual outlets
www.greenbulletrecords.com/product-page/the-jake-leg-jug-band-goodbye-booze-cd
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30 NOV 2019
MORE SESSIONS
More amazing sessions for the new album over the last couple of weeks at RamBam Studios with fiddle from Ciaran Algar, backing vocals from Sarah Miller and finally lead and backing vocals from our own Bryony Rose. We're finally nearing the home stretch with the album planned for release in January
13 NOV 2019
ARTIST ENDORSEMENTS
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Duncan has been included on the endorsing artist page on the new Innovation Strings website accompanied by a great live photograph by Nick Barber. You can find it here:
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13 NOV 2019
RECORDING SESSIONS
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A fantastic couple of weeks recording for album 6 at RamBam Studios with Rich Mason. We've had some amazing sessions from Mike Pembroke on trombone and Jack Calloway on piano and clarinet with more to come next week and we can't wait to share the results with you in the new year
02 OCT 2019
ALBUM 6 IN THE WORKS
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Exciting times as recording has begun for album number 6 at RamBam Studios in Stoke-on-Trent with Rich Mason. This time the album be be something special, commemorating 100 years since the commencement of the American Prohibition. It will feature all tracks written during and about the prohibition. The album is planned for release in late January accompanied by a new live show with linking talks.
16 SEP 2019
250 NOT OUT!
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The band celebrated their 250th gig at this year's Bude Jazz Festival in Cornwall. An amazing time was had and the usual amazing Bude audience. Onwards and upwards!
16 JUL 2019
R n R
REVIEW
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Thanks to RnR magazine for reviewing Fifth Avenue in the latest issue
04 APR 2019
HARMONICA WORLD REVIEW
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Thanks again to Norman Darwen for reviewing the latest album Fifth Avenue in the latest issue of Harmonica World
30 MAR 2019
BLUES MATTERS REVIEW
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Thanks to John Mitchell for reviewing Fifth Avenue in the latest issue of Blues Matters magazine
30 MAR 2019
TWOJ BLUES, POLAND
Thanks to Norman Darwin for reviewing our latest album in this month's issue of Polish Blues magazine Twoj Blues
04 MAR 2019
IBBA CHART
So pleased to have our album Fifth Avenue go straight into the IBBA Blues airplay charts for February at number 7!
27 FEB 2019
BLUES NEWS, NORWAY
Thanks to Norman Darwen for featuring the release of our album ‘Fifth Avenue’ in the latest issue of Bluesnews magazine in Norway
02 FEB 2019
DOUBLE BASS FEATURED ARTIST
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Duncan was featured by Double Bass Finger Tape as their Double Bass player of the month for February. You can find a full interview on their website and Facebook page
29 NOV 2018
BOX SET
Sorted for Christmas presents yet?
Now available to order, the JLJB box set. It contains all 5 albums, 10 postcards, badges and a unique item in each box. They are collected inside an attractive wooden book box, priced at £70. They can be ordered by email from;
30 OCT 2018 - ALBUM 5 COMING SOON!
Official announcement has come of the next release from the JLJB - Fifth Avenue. It will be released on Green Bullet Records on Monday 17th December and is essentially a 'best of' compilation of songs from the 3 albums released on Lake Records over the last five years as well as the self released debut album Cotton Mouth. The album includes 17 tracks but all newly recorded with the current line-up, featuring for the first time, Bryony Rose on record.It also again features regular partner-in-crime Mike Pembroke on trombone. The album will be launched at the gig at Stafford Jazz Society on Sunday 9th December where you can get your hands on the album early.
26 JUL 2018
6 GIG WEEKEND
Great fun had last weekend with 6 gigs starting with a Peaky Blinders night and Gin Festival at Biddulph Town Hall, Staffs followed by 4 performances at Birmingham Jazz Festival at The Mailbox (with lots of people sketching us as we played!), Quinto lounge in Sutton Coldfield, the lovely setting of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's Edwardian Tea Rooms and finally at the Slug and Lettuce in Brindleyplace. We also squeezed in an acoustic appearance at the Fair Votes Festival in Victoria Square, Birmingham for Make Votes Matter, celebrating the 1928 equal voting law.
29 MAY 2018
200 NOT OUT!
On Saturday 26th May we marked another nice milestone for the band - our 200th gig - with our performance at Ireby Festival in Cumbria. It also marked Bryony's first gig as a permanent member of the band and we also reached 1000 likes on Facebook - quickly surpassed with adding another 125 likes over the weekend there and with two gigs at Newcastle Jazz & Blues Festival on the Sunday. Onwards and upwards!
25 APR 2018
BRYONY JOINS THE RANKS
The constantly changing thing that is the JLJB takes itself in yet another direction as we welcome in the amazing Bryony Rose Ward as a permanent member of the ...band. Those of you who saw her amazing performances with us at Bude Jazz Festival, M&J Promotions Winter Jazz Festival in Paignton and Kingsbridge Jazz Club to name just a few know exactly what a huge asset she will be to the band. We’ll be keeping it in the family too as she’s also the sister of our jug wielding harmonica blower Liam Ward
A massive thank you must go out to the wonderful Sarah Miller who’s contribution of the last two years have pushed us forward to new musical heights and who has always been
tremendous fun to have with us.
She’ll continue to dep for us
in the future so she’ll not be
disappearing completely and
fans of Sarah will still get
a few chances to see her with
the band in the coming months
in particular
20 DEC 2017
CHRISTMAS TRACK
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Check out this track we did live back in December 2013 on Moorlands Radio for Simon Jones' Anything Goes Show.It's yet to make it to the studio in time for the big day - maybe next year!
12 DEC 2017
BASS GUITAR MAGAZINE
A big thank you to Joel McIver and everyone at Bass Guitar Magazine for featuring Duncan in the January issue - on sale now. www.bassguitarmagazine.com
28 SEP 2017
RNR REVIEW
Thanks to Trevor Hodgett and all at RnR magazine for the review in the latest issue
06 SEP 2017
FOLK NORTH WEST
A big thank you to John MacKenzie at Folk North West for another great review of the new album
06 SEP 2017
SHIREFOLK REVIEW
Thank you to Jon Bennett at Shirefolk for another great review of the album!
06 SEP 2017
TYKES NEWS REVIEW
Another great review of the album!
08 AUG 2017 WORLD OF HARMONICA
Congratulatipons to our own Liam Ward who this week was included in World of Harmonica's 100 greatest UK Harmonica players - well done Liam!
05 AUG 2017
ACOUSTIC REVIEW
Another really nice review in the latest issue of Acoustic magazine - thanks guys!
05 AUG 2017
IBBA CHARTS
Fantastic news that we are up to Number 12 in this week's chart. Thanks again for all the airplay
02 AUG 2017
JUST JAZZ
A Nice review of the new album in Just Jazz this month - thanks to Pete lay for the kind words
31 JUL 2017 HARMONICA WORLD ALBUM REVIEW
Here's the 1st review for the new album which you'll find in the latest issue of Harminca World Magazine - thanks guys!
29 JUL 2017
THE JAZZ GUIDE
You'll find an advert for the new album in the latest issue of The Jazz Guide
http://www.thejazzguide.co.uk/news-2/lake-records-new-release-from-jake-leg-jug-band/
28 JUL 2017 IN AT NUMBER 33
We're really pleased to make it in to the IBBA (Independent Blues Broadcasters Association) top 50 this week.
Thanks to all the DJs who have supported the album and given it air time recently
07 JUL 2017 BREAK A LEG RELEASED
We launched our 4th album 'Break A Leg'at Keswick Jazz Festival earlier this year ahead of it's official release on 7th July - there was even cake!. The album is our third release on Lake Records and is already receiving rave reviews and extensive airplay.It's the band's first album by the new incarnation of the band now featuring the amazing talents of Sarah Miller on vocals and washboard, award winning harmonica player Liam Ward, also on jug and vocals and Toby Wilson on vocals,banjo, dobro, stompbox, kazoo and frankly
anything you can shake a stick at - and probably the stick too!
20 JUN 2017 BLUES MATTERS ARTICLE
We're really pleased to be featured in the latest issue of Blues Matters Magazine where you'll find a full page article. Thanks so
much to Christine and all at Blues Matters for the coverage.
There will be more magazine articles and reviews in the coming months so keep your eyes peeled and we'll also do our best to feature them as we become aware of them
