Image No. 64-21-4 Fritz Richmond and Mel Lyman Kweskin Jug Band performance Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Mass., November 1964 Before he turned to antique ceramic jugs, Fritz got a darn good sound from plastic.
Image No. 64-11N-63: Jim Kweskin Jug Band 1964 Newport Folk Festival (Left to right) Mel Lyman, Maria D'Amato (soon to be Muldaur), Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, Bill Keith The Jim Kweskin Jug Band was the first of the jug bands formed in the 60s folk revival and it gained the most widespread popularity. Before disbanding in 1968, the Jug Band shared billing in the psychedelic ballrooms of San Francisco with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Doors.