A bit more style here... Ernie Gruner Gavan McCarthy Peter Vadiveloo Bruce Stephens

Power dressed band members Hi, I'm Bruce; I'm on vocals, guitar & rabbit ears I'm Peter - I do drums, vocals & hair styling I'm Gavan on Bass, & he's Peter I'm Ernie, I play fiddle when I'm not falling over...HELP!!! Yoo hoo!

jugs in the sun

Selected Performances

CONCERTS
Chapel off Chapel, Kingston Arts Centre, Victorian Arts Centre, Austrian Club . . .

ARTS FESTIVALS
Melbourne International Arts, Moomba, Hamilton, King Island (TAS), Celebrate Albany (WA), Launceston Biennale, Lygon St, Chapel St, St Kilda.

FOLK FESTIVALS
Port Fairy, Woodford (QLD), Fairbridge (WA), Victor Harbor (SA), National (ACT) , Cygnet (Tas)

JAZZ FESTIVALS
Echuca, Wangaratta

WINERIES
McWilliams, Tarrawarra, Kellybrook, Lancefield

CONFERENCES AND PROMOTIONS
Microsurgery Conference, CSIRO Physics, Warragul Truck Expo., Melbourne Cup, University Open days & Orientation Dances, Shopping Centres

COMMISSIONED SONGS
Jugularity has composed songs for events, including the Australian Risk Management Conference, The Return of Larry Latrobe to Melbourne City Square

Port Fairy folk festival 2008

Jugularity with Mic Conway  Port Fairy folk festival 2008

 

 

 

Jered Gruner Soccer Master

 

21 years entertaining around Australia!

Jugularity's brand of madcap musical comedy successfully combines skilled, inspiring musicianship with comedy cabaret. Jugularity includes lively, upbeat, eclectic versions of jazz, folk, blues, rap, country, gypsy and other styles of songs they've written, borrowed or parodied.

Surprise, audience involvement, great music, fun and spontaneity make Jugularity popular with all ages.

'Talented, funny and highly professional'  Port Fairy Folk Festival
'Witty, zany and extremely popular'         Woodford Festival
'Jugularity worked hard and must be recognised as the best ingredient for an Australian event of any kind' Cygnet Festival

'Fun stuff with substance, humour with musical integrity'  Dirty Linen CD review

2008 PERFORMANCES Details on Gig Guide

                             Cygnet Folk Festival       Tasmania                 January

                             Port Fairy Folk Festival    Victoria                      March

                             Wesley Anne with Ballpoint Penguins              March

                             Fairbridge Folk Festival   West Australia              April 

                             The Esplanade,               Singapore                    May

                             Wellington Folk festival   New Zealand              October

RECENT EVENTS :

Wed. October 31st  ABC 774  Jon Faine show  : Election Song Lyrics

Friday November 9th    Kingston Arts Centre  8pm  9556 4440

      Available for all occasions : Email for brochure, demo DVD, CD or costume fitting

     Concerts                     Festivals               Conferences
     Wineries       Weddings                  Parties                General Dances                                   
     Children's Shows   Special Events   Roving Entertainment                Bush Dances

Click for lots more Jugularity information at the main website !

Recordings :

      

      Big House Live- Released 2006 (see bigger image & track listings below )

- Recorded Live at The Big House by Harry Williamson

 

 

 Unjugged CD cover  Unjugged

               Enhanced CD with 5 minute video from their cafe cabaret show
               Released 2001  Listen to the music !

 

Greatest Hats CD cover  Greatest Hats


               Includes albums "In a Jugular Vein" and "Lively"
               Released 1996

 

           LIVE RECORDING from Port Fairy folk festival 2008 

            (download 7 tracks including the 4 jug bands finale with Mic Conway singing Jug Band music)

      CD availability & distribution

  1. Post $27.00 Australian dollars payable to "Jugularity" to 2 Cole Crescent, East Coburg 3058, Australia OR both CDs for $45.00 includes postage only within Australia. Else add $10.00 
  2. Melbourne shops eg Blue Moon, Readings, Ben Puglisi Luthiery email for more locations.
  3. www.indie-cds.com | www.tradandnow.com | www.folktrax.com | www.chaos.com

Costumes for all occasions:

Smoking Jackets : Formal, suave and seductive
    Plastic Multicolours :
Over the top brightness for roving or kids' shows.
    Hawaiian shirts & checked chef trousers :
Tasteful yet silly.

THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND

Bruce Stephens   Guitar, vocals, spectacular bells, sensible shoes, painful puns.

Gavan McCarthy  Double bass, hypo-vocals, prostrate positions, cappuccinos.

Ernie Gruner        Fiddle, pseudo-vocals, harmonica, classical kazoo, eyebrows.

Peter Vadiveloo   Percussion, hyper-vocals, toilet seat, sex cymbal.

COVER ARTWORK FOR new CD : BIG HOUSE LIVE (by Julian Chapple)

BIG HOUSE LIVE - TRACK LISTING

 1.  Indecisive

 2.  Monkey with a Typewriter

 3.  Matthew Flinders

 4.  Matilda Mon Amour 5.  Bobcat Shuffle / Dancing Bear

 6.  Jug Rap

 7.  Peter's Blues

 8.  Ageing Folkie

 9.  Great Pickup up Lines #1-600

10.  Sway

11.  You Sexy Thing

12. Just a Gigolo

13.  I Say, I Say (compilation of talking and jokes from live gig with effects by Harry Williamson)

   

Hi, I'm Bruce; I'm on vocals, guitar & rabbit ears I'm Peter - I do drums, vocals & hair styling I'm Gavan on Bass, & he's Peter I'm Ernie, I play fiddle when I'm not falling over...HELP!!! Yoo hoo!