The Burgoo Boys (featuring Uncle June's Jug Band) - Kentucky New Year's Eve

We haven't heard anything from The Burgoo Boys  for a while, and now that we have they've picked up some more musicians along the way. Uncle Junes' Jug Band is a group that plays the rounds in Kentucky and are known for their use of traditional jug band instruments like kazoo, jaw harp, washtub bass, washboard, and of course the jug. Jug bands began years ago and were primarily back musicians that played in urban areas of the south, as well as medicine shows. They are a part of the history of the blues, and played many styles of music like jazz, ragtime, and the blues. Kentucky New Year's Eve is a happy song, an invitation to ring in the New Year with some home-spun music and traditional Kentucky and Southern food. 

Some of the jug band instruments can be heard throughout like the washtub bass and washboard. The middle instrumental interlude spotlights some of them, and includes a solo by Uncle June himself, who is a virtuoso on the kazoo. 

 Gonna have a good New Years Eve

Get together and nip some shine

Jug player

 

Stay a while, don't ya'll leave

The eats gonna be mighty fine

A Kentucky New Years Eve
Starts real early in the day
Goes all the way to next light
Overnight we're gonna stay

Bring yer Get-fiddles and dobros
Banjoes, mandolins as well
We'll start playin' and eatin'
Raise us some mighty hell!

Gonna have a good New Years Eve etc…

Gonna have real fried chicken
None of that KFC stuff
Cay at fish, Chow-Chow, Frog legs
So good you can't get enough!

We gonna have a jug band too
Jaw harp, kazoo, washboard as well
We'll start playin' and eatin'
Raise us some mighty hell!

Gonna have a good New Years Eve etc…

What the hell you done asked me?
We gonna have any Burgoo?
Kentucky New Years Eve without it?
What in hell is wrong with you?

We gonna have Derby pie
Bourbon balls, Modjeska, as well
Just take it easy with the shine
It'll make ya drunker than hell!

Gonna have a good New Years Eve etc…

There's gonna be all kinds a ladies
And men as well, that is true
C'mon and daynce, sing and play
They's bound to be partner for yew

We gonna ring in the New Year
Hope it's lots better than the last
Be nicer to all yer neighbors
Keep all the hate in the past

Gonna have a good New Years Eve etc…