Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
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Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions was a 1960s jug band from Palo Alto, California, best known as a precursor to the Grateful Dead and for featuring several of its future members.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jug band
ⓘ
musical group ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedBand | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| disbandedIn | 1965 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1964 ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
folk ⓘ jug band music ⓘ |
| hasLiveRecordingFrom | 1964 ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bob Weir
NERFINISHED
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Dave Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Garbett NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron "Pigpen" McKernan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
acoustic
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traditional jug band arrangements ⓘ |
| notableAs | precursor to the Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| notableFor | featuring future members of the Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| notableMemberLaterJoined | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Palo Alto, California
NERFINISHED
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The Tangent (Palo Alto coffeehouse) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingReleasedAs | Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (live album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Grateful Dead Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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