jug bands

A form of jug band — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of jug band
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