Ambitious Tugboat
Ambitious Tugboat is the songs and performances of Pancho the Kid, Pelvis McGillicuddy, Sam Potrykus, and their friends. At times earnest, at times playful, and always a hoot — the band’s sound is still evolving — with Pancho and Pelvis offering up an endless stream of unforgettable folk tunes, tied together by Sam’s psych-rendered bass lines and sweet harmonies — and a rotating cast of characters who come aboard to add touches of blues, garage, soul, doo-wop, and ambient noise, etc. The group is affiliated with the Whitehaus Family Record in Jamaica Plain and has performed on all sorts of stages — from Burlington, Vermont to Brooklyn, New York — while stopping to eat grapefruits at every opportunity.
Releases
WFR054/WFRV 001: Whitehaus Family record family record
A double vinyl LP compilation of tracks from 26 artists associated with the Whitehaus in Jamaica Plain.
that summer you moved quickly. there was no time after work to go home before the show so you pack those boots in your bag in the morning when you left the new apartment, made a call during a cigarette break and scribbled an address, a part of town you don’t know but go alone anyway, all the streets look the same but you find it, from the outside it looks like no one’s home and at the bottom of the dark stairs you panic. you almost turn and run but you don’t and the door opens for your knock and there’s a smiling face on the other side…