The Memphis Jug Band varied in composition but always included Will Shade, known also by a family name, Son Brimmer. Shade was not only a proficient guitarist but also a harmonica and jug player of ...

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977) is a heartwarming holiday special about a poor otter family, who struggles to make ends meet during Christmas. Despite their hardships, they remain optimistic ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: When we talk about streaming culture, we’re usually enthusing about what’s new, but one of the best things about streaming is how it’s made old and obscure cult hits ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas.” (Photo: Sony Home Pictures Entertainment/ The Jim Henson Company) The 53-minute film tells the ...

Based on the beloved television special originally created by the legendary puppeteer Jim Henson, this family-friendly musical features music and lyrics by Paul Williams (The Muppet Movie), with book ...

Jug band music - a boot-stomping offshoot of jazz and blues that involves alternative instruments like, say, a jug, a comb or some Kleenex - might be familiar to a fair amount of Bay Area residents ...

The puppet cast of Jim Henson's popular 1977 Christmas special, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. (Photo: Sony Home Pictures Entertainment/ The Jim Henson Company) The Muppets had Dr. Teeth and ...

If you’re a child of the ’80s, you probably remember Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas and The Bells of Fraggle Rock, two beloved holiday specials that were seasonal staples. Now, for the first time ...

Electric yule logs aside, Christmas is a time for slowing down, making merry and cozying up to tradition. A group of Northern California musicians called The Christmas Jug Band has been shunning ...

Emmet Otter is not the most famous Muppet in Jim Henson’s universe of characters. But Hollywood will still embrace the occasional second act, and the leader of the Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band in ...

Performances begin December 10 for the New York premiere of Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas at New Victory Theater. The show will run through January 2, 2022, with an opening set for ...