Meet the band
Arlo Leach plays guitar, kazoo and jug. He is a Jug Band Hall of Fame inductee and led the efforts to buy gravestones for Will Shade, Charlie Burse and Joe and Charlie McCoy. Arlo's home town is Holstein, Iowa.
Tudie Stropparo plays washboard, kazoo and ukulele. She plays or has played with The Neighbz, Full Moon Stomp, Zingari and Christie Josef and the Purpose. Tudie is from Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Olivia Duffy plays mandolin and fiddle. She also plays with Rene Berblinger, The Moonpennies and Green Tambourine. Olivia is the only Portland native in the band.
Steve Hassett plays harmonica, banjo and washtub bass and can coax some surprisingly musical sounds from a turkey baster. He previously played with the Gorin Sneaky Corn Band. Steve's home town is Madison, Wisconsin.
photos: Dezzi Beaty and Sally Giles