A Jug Of Joy

The use of tools by humans dates back millions of years. Over time, humans would liberate the burden of tool usage to that of music – making, with former tools like Peru’s Cajon, a wooden box first used by those enslaved, to carry their meager belongings from one plantation to the next, has with modernity, become a favored percussion instrument by bands around the globe. However, it was a tool made of clay, that became a wind-blown instrument destined to anchor bands in more recent music making traditions. That instrument is a jug…