MARIA MULDAUR & HER GARDEN OF JOY JUGBAND

Live at CASTAWAYS in Ithaca

Sat. Nov. 7 at 8 pm

ADVANCE TICKETING IS CLOSED.  THERE WILL BE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR TONIGHT AT CASTAWAYS STARTING AT 7PM.  THERE ARE STILL SOME SEATS AVAILABLE.  FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.

A joint ROOTABAGA BOOGIE—DAN SMALLS PRESENTS Production

American roots music heroine MARIA MULDAUR is returning to her jug band days, having just recorded a new album that features former EVEN DOZEN JUG BAND members DAVID GRISMAN and JOHN SEBASTIAN.

Best known for her big hit, Midnight At The Oasis, Maria’s musical roots run as deep and varied as the Greenwich Village she grew up in. In the ’60s, she joined John Sebastian & Steve Katz to form the Even Dozen Jug Band (which also featured David Grisman, Stefan Grossman, and Ithaca’s own Peggy Haine). Soon after, Maria joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, appearing on 5 albums with the group. After a couple of recordings with her husband Geoff, she went solo, releasing the gold record Midnight At The Oasis. (It’s often said the song was probably responsible for the conception of more children than any other song of the ‘70s.)

Returning to her own musical roots with this newly configured GARDEN of JOY jug band, Maria’s reunited on the new recording with some alumni of the legendary Even Dozen Jug Band (the first group Maria recorded with), including John Sebastian, who went on to found The Lovin’ Spoonful, and new-grass pioneer David “Dawg” Grisman, acclaimed for his own fusion of jazz, bluegrass and gypsy music. Ultimate hipster Dan Hicks also makes an appearance on the new disc. Joining these jug band veterans are Muldaur’s newest discovery, a young west-coast jug band, THE CROW QUILL NIGHT OWLS.

“Initially I just wanted to have some fun with my old bandmates, but I realized that this was actually a very timely project,” says Muldaur. “There’s a whole new jug band revival going on out there. I’ve heard of bands recreating this music from Toronto to Timbuktu. Somebody told me there were 150 jug bands in Tokyo!”

“Who knew?” Muldaur laughs, with a mixture of amazement and surprise. “Jug band music, which tends to be lighthearted, humorous and zany, emerged out of a period of hard times as a way of lifting people’s spirits. Once again, good time music for hard times! Everything old is new again.”

Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy is the fourth in a series of CDs of classic American music Maria’s recorded for Stony Plain. Two others, Richland Woman Blues and Sweet Lovin’ Ol’ Soul, were nominated for Grammy awards. Following the new release, MARIA MULDAUR & her GARDEN of JOY jug band begin their international tour in October in the Pacific Northwest, on into Canada, continuing across America, and stopping in Ithaca, Sat. Nov. 7 at Castaways, 415 Old Taughannock Blvd. It’s an 8 pm show and the first 150 advance ticket purchasers WILL BE GUARANTEED SEATS for the show, which is a collaborative venture between ROOTABAGA BOOGIE PRODUCTIONS and DAN SMALLS PRESENTS.

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