Fritz Richmond

Folk musician Fritz Richmond was the premier jug and washtub bass player of the psychedelic era. An odd distinction, to be certain, but his work with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band was instrumental in preserving and popularizing the roots music of the pre-World War II era. Born John B. Richmond, Jr. in Newton, MA, on July 10, 1939, he was in middle school when he assembled his first washtub bass, ...more