The Busted Jug Band is ready to bust out, out of their mandated physical performance constraints, that is. After almost a year of playing it safe, the popular 5-member Boston-based band arrives in Portsmouth on the first day of Spring, raring to go, celebrating that still hard-to-come-by opportunity of playing in-person to a live audience, who will be guaranteed a thoroughly great time, without any personal safety concerns.
The Busted Jug Band s performances are a festive fun(ny) musical romp through the oldie times, playing swing, country blues, ragtime, early jazz standards, hillbilly and novelty music, on an assortment of instruments, that include everything from washboard to mandolin to rubber chickens. Their repertoire harkens back to the 20 s and 30 s of the last century, all delivered with the band s contagious high energy. In the course of their ear and eye catching presentation, the capper is their ability to also keep their derbies and top hats on throughout.