JimmyJo & the Jumbol'Ayuhs hails from the "bayous" of coastal Maine. Based in Phippsburg, the Jumbol'Ayuhs serve up music from Cajun Louisiana with a Downeast accent. Featuring Jim Joseph on accordion, second fiddle, and vocals, and Pam Weeks on lead fiddle and vocals, the Jumbol'Ayuhs play lively two-steps and waltzes that tug at your heartstrings. Bill Olson on guitar, Elna Joseph on bass, and Keith Garovoy on percussion round out the sound and provide the bottom end that will keep you dancing!

Please contact us at info@jimmyjo.net for bookings; dance events, weddings, festivals, or anything that you may have planned. Phone: 207-443-3608, 207-319-4930, 207-389-1224.

The Members of the Band

Jim Joseph | Pam Weeks | Bill Olson
Elna Joseph | Kit Garovoy

Jim Joseph (button accordions, percussion, fiddle, vocals)
Jim hails from Phippsburg, Maine, and is the co-founder of JimmyJo & The Jumbol'Ayuhs. Currently a member of two other bands, Scrod Pudding and Ti' Acadie (in which he also plays banjo and mandolin), Jim is the driving force behind this band, a Cajun dance band he started with Pam. By day, Jim is a carpenter, teaches banjo and button accordion, and is the father of two beautiful young women.

Pam Weeks (fiddle, vocals)
Pam is well-known as a solo Appalachian dulcimer player and singer as well as for her work with Ti' Acadie and Scrod Pudding. She has several recordings, including Waiting for the Perseids, from which her original music has been used as background music for two historical documentaries shown repeatedly on PBS. Solo or in ensemble, Pam performs around the country, works in school residencies, and teaches all strings, flute, clarinet, sax, piano, and voice at her home in Bowdoin, Maine. www.pamweeks.com.

Bill Olson (bass, guitar, vocals,)
Bill, from Turner, Maine, is the Jumbol'Ayuhs guitar player. Bill came to Cajun music from the traditional dance music and contradance scene. Bill has been playing guitar for 45 years, dancing for 30, playing upright bass for 19 and calling dances for 20 years. He has been singing all his life! Bill has been playing guitar, bass and singing in the folk trio Ti' Acadie with Pam and Jim for nearly 10 years now. When they came back from Augusta Heritage Center "Cajun Week" in West Virginia a few years ago and wanted to start Maine's first Cajun dance band he figured "what the heck" and has never regretted it. Bill has become one of Maine's premier contradance callers and calls for dances and festivals throughout the United States. As a contradance choreographer, his contradance compositions have been called all over the world. In a past life, Bill was an electronics engineer but in his spare time he still builds custom microwave radio antennas.

Elna Joseph (bass, guitar, vocals)
Elna Joseph of Phippsburg plays bass guitar for the Jumbol'Ayuhs. She also enjoys playing guitar, experimenting with other instruments, and singing. Other passions include dancing and competitive swimming. She was a dancer in the Appalachian clogging group, the "Buck and Wing Steppers," which performed at fairs and festivals around New England, and whose band evolved into "Scrod Pudding." She loves playing bass for the Jumbol'Ayuhs, and accompanying husband Jim at other musical events. Her day job is in the field of social work.

Keith Garovoy-(Kit) (drums, vocals, rubboard, triangle)
Kit, from Bath, (the bands drummer) attended the Hart School of Music studying percussion and taught percussion in Connecticut and Maine for many years. Kit plays the Irish drum, Bodhran, on several recordings including Pam's CD and with various Irish musicians. He also plays congas and percussion performing with a variety off Maine musicians. After music, Kit co-chairs the events committee for the Brunswick Downtown Association (BDA) and developed the Brunswick Outdoor Arts festival. He is an active board member of the Wiscassett Yacht club as well. Kit works as a consultant to the Affordable Housing industry specializing in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). His company is Garovoy Compliance & Consulting LLC. Kit does the majority of band booking and can be reached at 207-443-3608.