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(Standing, l-r) Susan Saling, Ray Horton, Bill Boslough, Ernie Goble, Jerry Ballantyne,
(Kneeling, l-r) Bob Bailey, Hoot Haugsten
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THE FEDERAL CIGAR started playing jug band music in Portland, Oregon, in 1966 with a collection of college friends. Early participants and occasional sit-ins included Ernie Goble, Bill Boslaugh, Hoot Haugsten, Bob Bailey, Jerry Ballantyne, Ray Horton, Kerry Longacre, Jan Lohr, Larry Wright, Chris Edmiston, Diane Nilsen, Bob Burkholder and probably some other people we can't remember.
 Jug band music was most actively being played around town by the Ph Phactor Jug Band, Sodgamolie Jug Band and Metropolitan Jug Band in such venues as The New Folksingers Coffeehouse, the Pythian Ballroom and the (now newly restored) Crystal Ballroom.
TFC managed to artfully escape fame and fortune, and drifted away in different directions about 1969, never to be heard from again...
...Until 1 992, when Horton decided something was missing in his life, and that something was JUG BAND MUSIC!
As many old members as could be found were contacted, and the result was the first night we remembered enough songs after 23 years to play music for three hours and have a great time too.
Long-lost original member Jerry Ballantyne has returned, so we again have the full complement of the original band! And we also now have the good and rare female vocals with the addition of Susan Saling.
We're working on some new material, and who knows? We might perform again someday, somewhere. But for now, it's just for fun.
SOME FAVORITES FROM OUR PLAYLIST
(Click on "Sister Kate" below for a Sample of our Sound. It's a 600 Kb file) You can also go to our SoundClick site for full MP3 files:
http://www.soundclick.com/thefederalcigarjugband
Memphis Blues
Jug Band Music
Minglewood
Up The Country Blues
Goin' To German
Adam & Eve
James Alley Blues
You May Leave
Alabama Jubilee
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Sister Kate
Wild About My Lovin'
Downtown Blues
Mr. Crump Don't Like It
On The Road Again
Stealin'
Viola Lee Blues
I Got Mine
Movin' Day
Meet Me In The Bottom
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Oozlin' Daddy Blues
You Got To Know How
If I Lose
In The Jailhouse Now
Big Bad Bill
Miner Blues
Move That Thing
Duncan and Brady
Baby's Got The Rickets
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THE FEDERAL CIGAR JUG BAND
Site last updated 10/25/07
Copyright 2007 The Federal Cigar Jug Band, Portland, Oregon. All rights reserved.
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