Old Jawbone

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Since forming in 2006, Old Jawbone has been performing its goodtimes rhythm and bluesgrass music for audiences throughout the North Bay. Proud winners of the 2010 North Bay Music Award (NORBAY) for Best Folk/ Acoustic group, the 6-piece pseudo-string band ensemble delights audiences with a unique and powerful sound rooted in Dixieland, R&B, and American Folk music. Their 2009 self-titled debut album earned a favorable review in Downbeat Magazine, and a second release is on the way.

Longtime friends Ian Tewksbury and Ben Dubin had been jamming together for years before deciding to create a band that would embody the spirit of American Roots Music. Drawing on Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke and Rebirth Brass Band for inspiration, Old Jawbone began to take shape with the addition of vocalist/guitarist Hannah Jern-Miller. Having recruited mandolin/dobro player Dave Sampson, fiddler Korey Kassir and trumpeter Tom Salvatore in 2010, the band plans to bring their melting pot music show to festivals and regional touring destinations in the near future.

Boasting an eclectic lineup of guitar, bass, mandolin, dobro, fiddle, harmonica, trumpet, vocal harmonies and percussion, Old Jawbone delivers a high-energy show that, simply put, makes people feel good.

”...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…” -Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat Magazine, January 2010