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Jim Kweskin
Jim Kweskin, born July 18, 1940, in Stamford, Connecticut, is an American folk,
jazz, and blues musician recognized for his guitar stylings, blending
ragtime-blues fingerpicking with jazz and blues elements. He founded the Jim
Kweskin Jug Band in the 1960s, which modernized pre–World War II rural music
during the folk revival. Maria Muldaur joined in 1963, and the band released six
albums on Vanguard Records between 1963 and 1970. Notable releases include Jug
Band Music (1965) and Garden of Joy (1967). Kweskin also released solo works
such as Jim Kweskin's America (1971), Lives A...
