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In September of 2017, the Steel City Jug Slammers were inducted into the Jug Band Hall of Fame. “It was kind of like one of those things that happened by accident,” Washtub Jay admitted. “We ended up getting a few gigs around the Jug Band community and doing the National Jug Band Jubilee. We ended up making a name for ourselves in Jug Band stuff, and through that we got nominated and inducted.” The band has played across the country in all kinds of venues. “We’ve played in shacks, house venues, dive bars, and in a skateboard ramp. We opened up for Old Crow Medicine Show and we played the Fitzgerald Theater.” Now they are beginning to reach music fans in provinces like Canada.
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