Sausage Grinder, Los Angeles’ premier jug band, has just released its debut CD, Delicious Moments. The six-piece acoustic ensemble — fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, washboard and jug — combines the neo-traditional sound of bands like the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Cheap Suit Serenaders with the low-down sound of old-time blues, topped off with a touch of ragtime and hillbilly jazz. Delicious Moments features fiddle tunes, hot mandolin ragtime and songs from Memphis Minnie, the Lone Star Cowboys, Little Brother Montgomery, Sleepy John Estes, Banjo Ikey Robinson and more.
The members of Sausage Grinder: Chris Berry, guitar/banjo/vocals; David Bragger, fiddle/mandolin/guitar; Josh “Boy Baby” Orkin, jug/kazoo/whistle/guitar; Matt Orkin, mandolin; Bobby Reed, banjo/harmonica/vocals; Margie Royall, washboard/banjo-ukulele/vocals.
Testimony
With a name like Sausage Grinder, what do you expect? These juicy red hots aren’t about knackwurst… well, don’t go there. Let’s just say that they aim to scatter a fair sampling of the scatological with spot on musical embellishment. … It’s all performed completely unabashed, with wide-eyed winks, a squeeze here and a naughty nudge there.
– Joel Okida, Folkworks.org – Read the full review
Sausage Grinder is a Los Angeles-based jug band … and this is their first album. I hope it’s not their last, because their infectious fun pulled me right out of the funk of a bad winter cold. So far, the medication hasn’t produced any side effects, other than euphoria.
– Lyle Lofgren, The Old-Time Herald
Sausage Grinder’s “reverence to the old 78s hasn’t restrained them from exploring even grimier nooks and crannies … unrestrained and impolite the Grinder’s performances are visceral and joyous — a blast from the past with a nod to the immediacy of the future!” – Adam Tanner, old-time and blues fiddler
“Reminiscent of an old Mickey Mouse cartoon.” – LA Weekly
