Named for the cheerfully rude "raspberry" noise made by blowing through the lips and tongue, Bronx Cheer was a good-time British rock outfit who began playing out in the early '60s as the Jug Trust. Comprised of Brian Cookman (guitar, harmonica, and vocals), John Reed (guitar, banjo, and mandolin) and Tony Knight (jug and percussion), with Cookman and Reed writing the lion's share of the material, the Jug Trust earned enough of a reputation on the U.K. folk circuit with their uptempo jug band and acoustic blues sound that they landed a record deal with Parlophone, but after two poor-selling singles the band was dropped.
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