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Whistler & His Jug Band was a long-lasting and popular group that recorded for several labels from the mid-'20s through the early '30s, and influenced many of the jug bands that followed. The group was formed in 1915 in Louisville, KY by guitarist, vocalist and whistler Buford Threlkeld, and went through occasional lineup changes over the years, but fiddler Jess Ferguson and banjo player Willie Black were steady members of Whistler & His Jug Band for over a decade. The jazz-influenced jug band first entered the recording studios in September, 1924 when they traveled to Richmond, IN to cut several...

Soft and delicate, yet melodic, confident and self-assured, this Deram act's only album resides somewhere between period UK country rock (Cochise, Quicksand, Southern Comfort, Quiver) and singer-songwriterdom (Mike Maran, Pete Atkin, Tony Hazzard) with plenty of light and shade thrown in from both sides. Featuring crème de la crème of Britain's studio scene and aided by a sympathetic and lush production, this band manages to produce twelve superbly orchestrated tracks full of energy, effervescence, vigour, character, rich flavour and originality. It also features no less than three lead vocalists and - count them! - five guitarists, including none other than...

John The Whistler is Umberto Carli, a Bubblegum Macho artist from Denmark. He is most well-known for his 2000 single "I'm In Love" which appeared on his debut album, It's Crazy (2001). John The Whistler is produced under the Edel Records label (Germany & Denmark). His song "I'm In Love" has also appeared on a number of dance compilation albums, including Absolute Hits 2000 and Absolute Kids 2. Like Holly Dolly, Crazy Frog, and Gummibear, a computer-generated character appears in the music videos singing along to the songs. In John The Whistler's case, the character is an anthropomorphic animal with...

This Fort Worth, Texasgroup comprised of Scott Fraser, Eddie Lively (both ex-Mods), David Bullock and Phil White, under the pseudonyms of Benjamin Whistler, Geoffrey Chaucer, Nathan Detroit and Phillip Greenhill. If Fraser, Bullock and White all began playing circa 1963, they apparently didn't team up before 1967, when David Bullock returned from the coffee house circuit of Houston. John Carrick: "David knew me from a club/coffee house my mom and I owned in Houston. It was called 'Sand Mountain' and was quite the hot bed of singer songwriters including Jerry Jeff, Towns, Guy Clark and lots more. Anyway, I ended...