Luke Faust (born 1936) is an American folk musician, best known as a member of the Insect Trust.
Career
editIn the early 1960s, Faust often played at The Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village, New York City, performing with a wide array of instruments including banjo, fiddle, harmonica, and jug.[1] There, he became acquainted with fellow folk revival musicians Dave Van Ronk, Jerry Rasmussen, and Bob Dylan.[1] During this time, Faust briefly joined Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders on the jug.[1][2]
Faust moved to Hoboken, New Jersey in 1963.[3] There, he became a founding member of the Hoboken-based band The Insect Trust circa 1966.[4] He was the band's banjo, fiddle, and harmonica player. Later in the 1990s, he went on to form The Jug Jam, an improvisational jug band with Perry Robinson, Lou Grassi, and Wayne Lopes. Faust also played with 90 proof – a band with Steve James.
Faust is currently performing with The Carolina Jug Stompers playing rags, blues and breakdowns in the old-time jug – stringband style.[citation needed] Faust's contributions to music has been described in Bob Dylan's book, Chronicles: Volume One, where Dylan recalled Faust as "someone closer in temperament to me,"[5] and Dave Van Ronk's compilation album, The Mayor of MacDougal Street.
Discography
editWith The Insect Trust
- 1969 The Insect Trust
- 1970 Hoboken Saturday Night
With Dave Van Ronk
- 2000 Dealin' With The Devil
With The Carolina Jug Stompers
- 2005 Rooster on a Limb
- . "Money Never Runs Out"
- . "Maybelle Rag"
- . "Going to Germany"
- . "Bum Bum Blues"
- . "New Orleans Wiggle"/"Somebody Stole My Gal"
- . "Gin Done Done It"
- . "Under the Chicken Tree"
- . "Lonely One in This Town"
- . "Cotton Picker’s Rag"
- . "Central Georgia Blues"
- . "Rooster on a Limb"
- . "Please Baby"
- . "Podunk Toddle"
- . "K.C. Moan"
- . "Georgia Pines"
- . "Busted"
- . "Carolina Shout"/"House Rent Rag"
References
edit- ^ a b c Testa, Jim (Sep. 2013). "The Insect Trust's Luke Faust recalls 50 years of Hoboken history, will perform at the Hoboken Arts & Music Festival". NJ.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Thompson, Lang (1 May 1989). "The Folk Follies of Peter Stampfel". Option (26): 48–51.
- ^ "The Insect Trust; Luke Faust" Archived 2012-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Perfect Sound Forever. Accessed February 6, 2013. "I moved to Hoboken in 1963 when I was 27. I'd been there a year working on the docks and doing all kinds of jobs, studying painting, playing music occasionally. I've never been a full-time musician."
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Insect Trust: Hoboken Saturday Night". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Read an excerpt from Bob Dylan's autobiography". PBS. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
Bibliography
edit- La Gorce, Tammy.: "Throwing Rock Snobs a Bone", The New York Times, December 18, 2005. Section 14NJ; Column 4; New Jersey Weekly Desk; Music; p. 14.
- "POP/JAZZ; STAMPFEL'S BOTTLE CAPS: A MERRY MIX OF MUSIC" by Robert Palmer. The New York Times, May 16, 1986, Late City Final Edition.