30
 30th Annual
Always held the Weekend after the SuperBowl

Saturday February 11, 2012
The Saturday Night Pancake League
- at the Nomad World Pub
501 Cedar Ave on the West Bank - Minneapolis, MN

- Plus  -
Sunday February 12, 2012  1pm-8pm
The Main Event - at the Cabooze
917 Cedar Avenue on the West Bank - Minneapolis, MN

the oldest jug band gathering in the known universe.
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sasquatch wristwatch 2011 pancake league champs2011 Results:
The BAREHAND JUGBAND TAKES TOP HONORS
SASQUATCH WRISTWATCH 
WINS PANCAKE LEAGUE BATTLE


Chicago's Barehand Jugband - the 2010 Pancake League champion - (below) came back to win the 29th Annual Battle of the Jug Bands, whilst the Sasquatch Wristwatch (above) took home the Coveted Griddle on Saturday's Pancake League Competition.

Barehand Jugband with the trophy

Twenty bands competed in last year's Main Event Waffle League battle for the coveted HolliwoodŽ Waffle Iron trophy, graciously passed from the 2010 winners The Roe Family Singers.

Crowds of jug band fans gathered to schmooze, listen to jugband music, and enjoy the potluck, which. it turns out, has a life of its own.

The night before, nine bands gathered at the Nomad Bar for the Pancake League competition. The following bands were cited by the judging teams:

2011 PANCAKE LEAGUE WINNERS:
First Place - Sasquatch Wristwatch
Second Place - Woodshop
Best Bribe - Hump Night Thumpers
Best Jug Player - Mark Wagner - Otisco String Band
Best Multi-Instrumentalist - Doug Anderson, banjo and bones player from The Hope We Get To Play Jug Band

2011 WAFFLE LEAGUE WINNERS:

Winner: the Barehand Jug Band
Runner Up: the Jackson Street Polecats
Third Place: Boo Bradley
Best Geezers: the Royal Hawaiian Geezers
Best Washboard: Brad from Boo Bradley
Best Jug: Jackson Street Polecats
Best Song: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" performed by Two Jugs Possibly Three
Jug Band Slut: Tim Dr. Dog Bradach appeared on washboard with 4 bands
Best Bribe: Back massages from certified-massage-therapists-slash-performers from Amanda Standalone & the Sandbaggers
Best Instrument: Turkey Baster from I Lost My Jugs in Sweden
Tiniest Jugs: Ten Gallon Hat
Best Singing: 3 Good Samaritans

(Added by page admin):
Best surprise guest appearance
Spider John Koerner singing "The Dodger" solo and acapella on Sunday afternoon.

 it's back!
The Potluck Has Returned:

 
It takes a lot of nourishment to keep up the strength for hours of the best jugs, kazoos and washtubs this side of the North Coast. So do your part to be a good jugband citizen and bring something to nosh on for the traditional battle potluck at the Nomad on Saturday night and the Cabooze on Sunday afternoon - your favorite hot dish, a can of olives, some pretzels, what ever - elaborate or simple - it makes no difference, it's all good!
 
Now,  don't forget to pitch in to keep the tables tidy.
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THIS YEARS LINEUP:
 
Saturday Evening Pancake League
 1. 7:30-7:45     Sasquatch Wristwatch
(last year's Pancake League Winners and Judges)  Minneapolis, MN
 2. 7:50-8:05     Sliced Bread Arkansaw, WI
 3. 8:10-8:25     National Jug Orchestra  St. Paul, MN
 4. 8:30-8:45     Fisher Coulee Ramblers Roseville, MN
 5. 9:00-9:15     3 Good Samaritans Minneapolis, MN
 6. 9:20-9:35     West Seventh Street Stompers  St Paul, MN
 7. 9:40-9:45     Ten Gallon Hat Minneapolis, MN
 8. 9:50-10:05   Flamenco Jug Fire St. Paul, MN
 
Sunday Afternoon Waffle League
 1. 1:00-1:15    Barehand Jug Band
(last year's Waffle League Winners and Judges) Chicago, IL

  2. 1:20-1:35   Jook Savages Cook, MN
  3. 1:40-1:55    Feral Dogs St. Cloud, MN
  4. 2:00-2:15   Dr. Muskrat and his Mississippi Mud Steppas
                        Minneapolis, MN

  5. 2:20-2:35  Fat Chance Jugband Minneapolis, MN
  6. 2:40-2:55  Woodshop Brooklyn Park MN
  7. 3:00-3:15  Smokin' Goats Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
  8. 3:20-3:35  Alien Brain and the Jugular Vein Moorhead, MN
  9. 3:40-3:55  Hump Night Thumpers Chicago, IL
10. 4:00-4:15  West Bank Temperance League
              
Columbia Heights, MN

11. 4:20-4:35  Otisco String Band Minneapolis, MN
12. 4:40-4:55  Como Ave Jug Band Minneapolis, MN
13. 5:00-5:15  Waindogs Columbia Heights, MN
14. 5:20-5:35  People's Revolutionary Jugband St. Paul, MN
15. 5:40-5:55  Sasquatch Wristwatch Minneapolis, MN
16. 6:00-6:15  Roe Family Singers Kirkwood Hollow, MN
17. 6:20-6:35  Katey Bellville & The Waffle Lickers
                      Minneapolis, MN

18. 6:40-6:55 Jackson Street Polecats Milwaukee, WI
19. 7:00-7:15  Strictly Jug Nuts Chicago, IL
20. 7:20-7:35  King Kennedy and the Cruisers Minneapolis, MN
  

many bands-past and present- have web pages
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 Registration has Closed
Jug Band Registration
Ended December 31st


Click on the "How to Enter" waffle link (left) for details about how your jug band can enter the Battle of the Jug Bands, and just how and what you'll need to register to enter the fray. Then you'll be ready for next year. The deadline was on December 31, 2011

 
 
The history pages Posters dating back to 1966 - The Waffle Iron Trophy -
- David Morton's History of Minnesota Jugbands

plus NEWLY UNCOVERED webpages  





Hinkley
Ray

DAVE


BILL
   

The Battle is Dedicated to

the memory of
Snaker Dave Ray and
Bill Hinkley.



 
Proceeds from the battle will go to the
Dave Ray / Bill Hinkley Memorial fund.



Jug Band Hall of Fame Award
Annual BOTJB Inducted into the National Jug Band Hall of Fame!

Our little dog-and-pony show was been inducted into the National Jug Band Hall of Fame last year.  Pretty good company here: Cannon's Jug Stompers, The Memphis Jug Band, Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band - and Arlo Leach, the human dynamo who has been doing all kinds of things to keep the music alive.



Roe family accepting award on behalf of the battle


Proudly showing the coveted HolliwoodŽ Waffle Iron, our representatives
- 2010 Champions  the Roe Family Singers - accepting the Award at the National Jug Band Jubilee in Louisville, Kentucky on behalf of the Annual Battle of the Jug Bands.
In their underwear.







...really one tradition that needs to be spread, like peanut
butter, or manure. - Peter Stampfel, Holy Modal Rounders
 
 

- on the West Bank Since 1979-
Saturday-Sunday February 11-12, 2012 at 
the Nomad World Pub - 501 Cedar Avenue
  Minneapolis, MN
and the Cabooze - 917 Cedar Avenue  Minneapolis, MN


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