Steel City Jug Slammers: Delta Blues and Old-Time Jug Music
Jerrod Atkins: lead & backup vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo, jug, washtub
Nick Bate: lead & backup vocals, guitar, banjo mandolin, jug, kazoo
Steve Bate: lead and backup vocals, guitar, banjo mandolin, banjo, kazoo, jug
Jacob Matthews: lead and backup vocals, washtub, jug
Corey Medders: backup vocals, banjo
Zac Peoples: backup vocals, jug
Like juke-joint heroes of the early 1900s, Birmingham’s Steel City Jug Slammers perform Delta blues and old-time jug music. Their latest self-titled album is is a blend of traditional stringed instruments including guitar, mandolin and banjo, as well conventional jug band instruments such as the washtub bass, kazoo and the ever-present jug.
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