Draft:The Band of Hope

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This page is about the New Zealand band. For the historical British temperance movement, see UK Hope.

EP cover designed by band member Warwick Brock

The Band of Hope was a New Zealand jug band that played folk music in Christchurch in the 1960s. The band was heavily influenced by American bluegrass music, country, blues and folk.

Folk music was an integral part of the Christchurch music scene in the early 1960s. Various coffee bars around the city hosted groups well before the University Of Canterbury Folk Music Club was officially born in 1964.

The band was originally called The Lumpy Toys & Sweet Potatoes Band.

They released their first single, "Downtown Blues", in 1967 through Kiwi Records.

Members

• Bill Hammond (1947-2021), Washboard, Tambourine, Percussion, Spoons
• Warwick Brock (1947-2001), Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Banjo, Kazoo
• Christopher Gross (1947), Kazoo, Vocals, Harmonica
• Phil Garland (1942-2017), Jug
• Val Murphy, Vocals
• Dobbin, Bass Guitar

Songs

• Boodie Am Shake
• My Gal
• Walkin' To Chicago
• I'm Troubled
• Stealin'
• The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me
• Memphis
• You Gotta Move That Thing
• Washington At Valley Forge
• Drop Down Mama
• Doctor Jazz Stomp
• Overseas Stomp

The Band of Hope Jug Band, 1968. From left: Dennis Hearfield, Bill Hammond, Chris Grosz (with back to camera), Warwick Brock, Dobbin (Robin Elliot), and Gordon Collier.

Discography

• Washington At Valley Forge (1967)
• The Band Of Hope Jug Band (1968)
• Hogan's Alley / Coney Island Washboard (1968)
• Downtown Blues (1968)

External links

• The Band of Hope on Discogs

1. https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/bulletin/196/doctor-jazz-stomp-and-the-webb-lane-sound
2. https://folkmusic.org.nz/the-folk-boom-beyond/
3. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/33730007
4. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/42719813
5. https://folkmusic.org.nz/a-collection-of-photos-from-john-flynn-2/
6. https://www.sergent.com.au/music/bandofhope.html
7. https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/phil-garland-song-collector
8. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/kiwi-folk-legend-phil-garland-dies-age-75
9. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/lifestyle/the-right-note-rocks-excesses-led-to-blues/O5DF5Q2WKMUDJYJZR2NEY4VDVI/#google_vignette
10. https://www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/hammond-paints-to-own-rare-beat-in-christchurch-art-gallery-show
11. https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/note/2019/08/playing-the-drums-at-the-gallery
12. https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/300222645/funny-generous-a-great-drummer-and-a-giant-of-new-zealand-art
13. https://rockhappenz.com/hamilton_cbb.html
14. https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2013/09/12/bill-manhire-talks-to-poetry-shelf-inner-muddle-is-much-better-for-the-work/
15. https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=The%20Band%20Of%20Hope%20Jug%20Band&title=Hogan%27s%20Alley%20%2F%20Coney%20Island%20Washboard
16. https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/al-park-talks-venues-music-gigs

Category:New Zealand music by decade Category:1960