Kweskin, Jim: A Songster's Journey

Name-checked in the Timothee Chalamet film A Complete Unknown as well as by Bob Dylan himself in the Martin Scorsese-directed film Rolling Thunder Revue, Jim Kweskin was a key figure in the 1960s folk revival
He performed with his Jim Kweskin Jug Band on bills with Janis Joplin and the Doors and at Newport Folk Festival, directly inspiring the formation of the Grateful Dead. Hot on the heels of a 2025 long- form NPR interview, this new album finds Kweskin recording some of his most beloved concert material, including songs made famous by Jelly Roll Morton, Kenny Rogers, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Glenn Miller with his signature wit and blend of folk, western swing, and early jazz. The album features five-time GRAMMY Award- winning pedal steel player Cindy Cashdollar and was co-produced by bassist Matthew Berlin (Howard "Louie Blue" Armstrong).

"Jim's gems... A potpourri of Americana by one of its creators working with killer musicians. Everything from Western Swing to a New Orleans mambo to the Great American Songbook to a reefer anthem." -MOJO Magazine "Music with a relentlessly infectious spirit and swing that defies time... bursting with joy and vitality." -No Depression "Jim Kweskin should be declared a national cultural treasure."" - Wide Open Country "Superb finger-picking guitarist and dedicated explorer of the arcane." - USA Today" Mood: funny, tongue-in-cheek, swinging, fingerpicking guitar, sprightly.