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On a chilly November evening in 2006, Paul 'Mendlesohn' Girouard (mandolin) and Tobias Sanchez-Mahan (guitar) set sail across the country from Burlington, VT. in a vegetable oil powered school bus (Rusty the Rodeo Whale) with six others, in the original Jugtown Pirates of Lake Champlain. In January 2008, with a tour of 60 shows set up to get them back to the North East starting in Santa Rosa, the rest of the original Pirates went their separate ways, for reasons such as family and school. Still completely devoted to the dream, the two hitch-hiked the California and Arizona shows, canceled the remaining 12 states, and decided to drop their anchor in San Francisco, CA. in hopes of keeping the growing project alive.
As March of 2008 arrived, not even a month after their return, the two Pirates met Zack Brough (upright bass), Josh Brough of Poor Man's Whiskey (banjo), and John Miles of Sunset Promotions and co-owner of Mojito in North Beach (harmonica). With a whimsical plan to jam and a day to spare, the crew found themselves rolling an upright piano into Washington Square Park in the heart of North Beach and, without question, the new Jugtown Pirates had been formed.
From then on, the Jugtown Pirates would meet every week in the park, learn and teach new songs, and perform for growing crowds in the heat of the California's summer sun. They quickly started a weekly residence at Mojito which helped them start a strong fan-base, and before the winter season, created an early week ground shaking Ho-Down. Other venues also opened up their doors, such as Cafe Du Nord, Bottom of the Hill, Starry Plough, The Caspar Inn, and many more.
As the Winter season began, The Pirates filtered themselves down to the core players (Mendlesohn, Toby, and Zack) and perfected their sound into very unique vocal harmonies, high energy, and technical skill. With over 5 hours of material thus far, the Jugtown Pirates have taken their act to the street playing 5-6 days, as well as 2-4 nightly gigs, a week. Because of this, they have been selling over 100 demo CD's a week and have created a great buzz about their presence in the Bay area. Their weekly residence at Mojito has been drawing impressive numbers for a Monday night and their number of gigs/private parties to come has been steadily increasing.
Sharing a night with the Jugtown Pirates as a trio, or even with special guests, is always a treat and full of high energy, dancing, and people coming together forgetting about the stresses in their day to day live. Catch these Scurvy Dogs while you can and become part of a modern tradition; a growing revolutionary culture of acoustic, roots, feel good, throw off your shoes and loosen your knees kind of music. Remember, the first letter of Revolution is...
ARRGGHHH!
The Jugtown Pirates
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www.sonicbids.com/jugtownpirates
(802) 881 8727
With a new cast of characters, The Jugtown Pirates have become a force NOT to be reckoned with. Now located in San Francisco, you may now catch these Scurvy Dogs pillaging up and down the West Coast. With high energy, unique skills, 3-4 piece harmonies, and almost always some of the best surprise special guests, The Jugtown Pirates are definitely plundering their way to unimaginable treasures!
For booking inquiries please call 802.881.8727 or email us at [email protected]
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Member Since: 9/28/2005
Band Members:

Paul "Mendlesohn" Girouard
(mandolin & vocals)

Tobias Sanchez-Mahan
(guitar, kazoo & vocals)

Zack Brough
(upright bass, vocals)

Sometimes w/ Special Guests:

Josh Brough
(banjo, vocals)

Ben Andrew
(fiddle)

John Miles
(harmonica, vocals)

Some of the Cali Jugtown Family:

Miranda Edinger a.k.a. ACID ANGEL
Chris Jeffries a.k.a. Plastic Fantastic Lover
Dorothy Baptista a.k.a TRON
Elin Gunnarsson
Jess McLehan
Emily Lowther
Jess Wright. a.k.a. Attune Touch
Erin D. a.k.a. Twigg
Kasha a.k.a. Frank
Leeann a.ka. Leeorr
Romone a.k.a. Horhey

NON-ACTIVE PIRATES:

Harlan Rollins
(upright bass)

Benny Strosberg (Vermont Joy Parade)
(washboard, drum trap & vocals)

Jeremy "Peaches" Hammond
(jug, handdrums, washtub bass & vocals)

Michaela Condon
(vocals & tambourine)

Jongo Reinhart
(washtub bass, vocals)

John Leff
(spoons, jug)

Joe Hardy
(washtub bass, vocals)

Mia Freeman
(fiddle)
Influences: You must fast forward to 9:00 minutes to view the Pirates

Jugtown Pirates busking on Haight St. March 2009 "HONKIN' THE DARDA"

OUR FIRST MUSIC VIDEO FROM DIRT FACE, (aka Nicole LaJeunesse)!!

Video by Asha Sophia, Mojito April 6th 2009

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Mendlesohn's Mandolin

Is Broken into many pieces... Last nights show rocked!Love and Jugs
Posted by on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

First CD Review

What is it about jugband music that makes youwant to smile, kick up your heels and send your shoesflying? Jugband music is lively, cheerful and fun. It's music that lifts the spirit, and makes you dan...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:15:00 GMT

Dr. Botsohn and the Epic Octopus Explosion

Mendlesohn and Tobias are working on a strange, "Beatles meet Pink Floyd" album... Check a little out on our new number 1 friend... Love and Jugs... P.S. The bluegrass on the page is a bad recording o...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:09:00 GMT

Jugtown Tour 2008!

Ahoy Maties!!!We successfuly finished the first leg of our Long adventure going over 15,000 miles on Veggie oil!!! At the moment we lay rest in Northern California and are loving it!As of Last week we...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:35:00 GMT

vermont invasion, so hum style

We've been enchanted by the vortex of the emerald triangle. Tour will start in Jan. Who's comin with me man?The Pirates via west coast
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:51:00 GMT

Jugtown back in VT

Thanks to All who made the Jugtown Pirate Masquerade 4 a success! That's you... our friends. We've got 3 more VT shows to come 7th, 8th, and 10th. We 'll see you there. Don't forget to get the Debut J...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:58:00 GMT

Jugtown Masquerade Cruise 4

Good morning, good afternoon, good night! we are so pleased you have come all this way to read our message for you- old friends and the new! happy summer solstice! happy day! the pirates of jugtown ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:46:00 GMT

CALIFORNIA DREAMING! Are we dreaming!?!?!

As we crossed the state line in the wee hours of the morning- 'california dreaming' came on the radio and welcomed us with open arms... Most of our days in the desert was like living in our ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:56:00 GMT

how to sum up a month on the road...

Golly, How the hell am I supposed to some up a month of crazy adventures in Jugtown? Seems like a 6 months. New Mexico was spectacular. Well we just played our 50th show of this tour at the Nimbu...
Posted by on Fri, 18 May 2007 21:12:00 GMT

west texas cowboys

To continue and further explain our trials and tribulations in Lubbock, TX, it went sort of like this: Treasure Mammal, as Benny put it, was "A college student's super hero". Head to toe spandex and...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:35:00 GMT