Playing everything from slide Delta Blues to New Orleans Jazz, Old time hill music to R&B, OJB has honed a new brand of good times music, featuring 4-part harmony and porch-jam instrumentation. They found what works on stage the old fashion way - playing for drinks in bars and tips on the street; and, in endlessly gigging throughout Sonoma County and the North Bay, have forged a new sound of get down music, founded on the traditions of American root music.
In Short, it’s where Folk, Blues, Dixieland, Bluegrass and Dylan go to have 2-16 drinks, meet that "special" someone, and have a damn good time.
Their self-titled and self-released album recently earned them national attention in the January 2010 edition of Downbeat Magazine.
With an ever growing and always enthusiastic fan base of good-times revelers,
Old Jawbone hopes to keep spreading the gospel of goodtimes.
Old Jawbone is:
Ben Dubin: Harmonica, bass, vocals and sometimes drums.
Hannah Jern-Miller: Guitar, percussion, vocals.
Ian Tewksbury: Guitar, tenor banjo, vocals.
And, when we’re lucky, with special guests:
The 4th Street New Orleans Horns.
David Luning: Organ, Accordian.
Recent Press:
Downbeat Magazine January 2010: "...this strings-and-harmonica trio has a fond and secure clasp on the old-timey music of the American South. Their harmony singing and instrumentation have willful, engaging qualities that insulate original songs and well-traveled material like Reverend Gary Davis' "Angels Singing" from sentimentality..."
Kyoti of KOWS 107.3FM: "Old Jawbone is a California borne (mostly) acoustic Folk-Twang-Bluegrass-Rock band. They play seven acoustic instruments between them and sing sweet three part harmonies to bring a new twist to some old styles of music. They're young, hot, talented and raring to go!"
The Last Record Store News letter: “They dragged in a 15 gallon keg of Racer X beer from Bear Republic. They played a 90 minute set beginning at 6:30 PM, and by 7:45 The Keg Was Toast. That probably says more about their fans than the music (there was over 100 people!) , but they are a great local group. 3 young men (all 26) they play banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass and sing great originals and original covers. You got to check 'em out...”