"jug band" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jug bands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jug band (plural jug bands)
  1. (music) Especially in the US, a group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the openings at the tops of their necks. Wikipedia link: jug band Categories (topical): Collectives, Music, Musicians

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