Party's in the Kitchen
Debut album from Bones Jugs N Harmony
13 ragtime-calypso-americana-jugband mashup tunes featuring, well...bones, jugs and harmony

Grab Your Bones and Rattle Along with Cody & Tim and the Gang

Cody Jensen & Tim Berg are the ones who rattle the bones mostly. But so do JP Goguen & Cosmic Charlie. And here's a picture to prove it. (Left to right: JP Goguen, Cody Jensen, Cosmic Charlie, Tim Berg.)

Recorded in the Kitchen—and the living room, and hallway...and pretty much anywhere they could fit a musician at Studio 808A in Floyd, Virginia

Party’s In The Kitchen is not just a household fact, it is the debut album from Bones Jugs N Harmony, a ragtime-calypso-americana-jugband mashup hailing from Urbana, Illinois.

The album oozes originality, from the songwriting, composition, and arrangements to the eclectic acoustic instrumentation. The rhythmic backbone consists of a custom trap-kit, upright bass, and either tenor banjo, resonator guitar, or acoustic guitar. Soaring over the top with colorful riffs are the xylophone and the steel drum while kazoos, whistles, bells, honkers, bones, jug, and more knick-knacks fill out the sound.

The quirkiness of Party’s In The Kitchen does not take away from the album’s musicality, as it is filled with hooks, grooves, and catchy lyrics crafted with high-quality musicianship. In their debut album, Bones Jugs N Harmony delights listeners with a joyful and familiar sonic experience that inspires foot tapping, singing, laughter and curiosity.

It's Frank Zappa meets Spike Jones, it's Looney Tunes meets Nintendo. It’s seriously silly. It's a party. It's for dancing, for listening, for enjoying. It’s for adults. It’s for kids. It’s for everyone. It's a frenzy of frivolity, a marvel of merriment. In short, it’s just loads of fun.

Includes FREE autographed wall poster...while they last!

Your CD is accompanied with a whimsically designed pin-up wall poster reproduced via the llinoleum block printing process, then hand-trimmed—and signed by each band member in authentic red marker pen on 100% pure office copy paper. (Pictured right: Linoleum block design in progress.)

Here's Wiggle Ya Bones live at the Canopy Club in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois




Look what's on the CD:

1. Tip-Toein' Around 2:52
2. The Ballad of Stanley K 4:58
3. Wiggle Ya Bones 2:40
4. Cobwebs 2:58
5. Party's in the Kitchen 4:00
6. Super Pantendo 3:54
7. Just Drunk Enough 2:55
8. XXXs 4:08
9. Sunday Morning Blues 3:01
10.Cast Iron Rag 3:09
11. Wapple Juice 3:49
12. Alley of Sin 3:17
13. Let's Go to the River 7:13

Musicians
Tim Berg, Pan Drums (also drum set, xylophone, jaw bone, bones, kazoo, vocals)
JP Goguen, Guitar (also jug, banjo, bones, jaw bone, washboard, vocals)
Charlie Harris, Upright Bass (also banjo, bulb horns, kazoo, vocals)
Cody Jensen, Drum Set (also xylophone, banjo, jaw bone, bones, vocals, washboard, kazoo, conch)

• Media Type: Audio CD. Listen to audio disc on CD player or your computer.
• 13 Tracks
• CD with autographed 8-3/8" x 17" poster—while they last!
• Sturdy eco-friendly 4-panel cardboard CD case
• Recorded at Studio 808A in Floyd, Virginia
• Produced by Joseph DeJarnette and Bones Jugs N Harmony
• Engineering and Mixing: Joseph DeJarnette
• Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering
• Artwork: Robert Chapman
• Running Time: 48:54
• Made in USA

Who are Bones Jugs N Harmony?

Bones, jug, xylophone, kazoos, steel pan, resonator guitar, banjo, double bass, drums, all sorts of noise makers. These are just some of the instruments Bones Jugs N Harmony use to conjure up their eclectic acoustic sound. The group began in December 2012 with the vision of being a pop-up party on street corners, at farmers markets, in living rooms (and kitchens!), or amplified in a club. A jug band of sorts, with four synchronized one-man-bands woven together in a tapestry of delight. And the cherry on top? high speed, virtuosic, xylophoning. They began learning 1920’s xylophone rags and arranging classic (and not-so-classic) Americana songs. After just a few public appearances it became clear that the group was too fun to be a side project. Listeners wanted to dance, sing, and laugh along as long as the tunes kept coming. The band could not resist.

In August 2013, Team Bones Jugs voraciously began to write and rehearse songs just in time for Tim “Pan” Berg to join the band, bringing the steel drum along with him. New material poured out, fueling early mornings and late nights, writing and laughing, conjuring up ideas and bouncing them around. Now, under their belt is a varied mixture of originals and covers, a full length album, Party’s in the Kitchen, and more than 150 live performances.

The four members of Bones Jugs have all paved unique musical paths. Cody and Tim both studied percussion performance at the University of Illinois where they built up their understanding and skills for performing a diverse collection of musical styles. Besides full immersion in the classical performance world, they both worked hard in other schools of music. Cody’s writing style stems from his extensive study of percussion traditions from around the world. His playing, whether on drums, xylophone, banjo, bones or any other instrument within arm’s reach, displays this array of influences along with a pristine control of time and feel. Tim has delved deep into the steel pan, focusing both on the Trinidadian music of its origin and contemporary jazz improvisation. Rounding out the mix are JP Goguen and Charlie Harris who learned their craft the traditional way in recreational and in social settings. JP has spent countless hours learning the guitar stylings of Mississippi John Hurt as well as honing a flurry of other sonic talents. Whether it’s the quack of his Chicago style tenor banjo, his rolling finger style guitar, the buzzing jug or his whimsical whistling, there is some sort of unexpected flair for every turn. Charlie has fully embraced the Americana tradition of hanging out on porches, calling some friends over and picking and grinning till the cows come home. This combined with his vocal stylings, crafted over years of seat concessions, yelling “Hot Dogs! PEANUTS!! Cracker Jacks!” at the top of his lungs at the venerable Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field ballpark, makes for his unique songwriting and musical perspective. The whole Bones Jugs team thrives on utilizing their individual strengths and interests to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

It’s not world music nor folk music. It’s not rock, blues, bluegrass, country nor jazz. It’s not anything in particular. So, what is Bones Jugs N Harmony?

It’s Frank Zappa meets Spike Jones, it’s Looney Tunes meets Nintendo. It’s seriously silly. It’s a party. It’s for dancing, for listening, for enjoying. It’s for adults. It’s for kids. It’s for everyone. Bones Jugs N Harmony believes music should bring joy, and they work hard to put this in every song. From the first note till the end they strive to send their joyful sound into the ears where it will quickly saturate the entire body. It’s a frenzy of frivolity, a marvel of merriment. In short, it’s just loads of fun.