According to John Sebastian, Elektra folk producer Paul Rothchild was interested in producing a jug band, and if we got it together, we could be it. That ties in with the version in Joe Boyd's White Bicycles and reason for the band's demise is fairly clear as well. We had lost our lead singer to the Kweskin band, who were in fact much better, so there wasn't much to keep us going.
That singer was Maria D'Amato (later Maria Muldaur). Co-founders and guitarists Stefan Grossman and Peter Siegel were joined by mandolinist David Grisman, Steve Katz (who moved on to the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat and Tears), Joshua Rifkin (who went on to arrangeScott Joplin Ragtime pieces,), and John Sebastian on harmonica. Their only recording was The Even Dozen Jug Band (Elektra, January 1964) and appearances seem to have been limited A couple of television appearances, several concerts and two shows at Carnegie Hall, and that was it.
Interesting: File under: Interesting one-offs.
Track listing: Take Your Fingers Off It; Come on In; Mandolin King Rag; Overseas Stomp; Evolution Mama; The Even Dozens; I Don't Love Nobody; Rag Mama; France Blues; On the Road Again; Original Colossal Drag Rag; All Worn Out; Lonely One in This Town; Sadie Green