Joe Pug
A singer/songwriter whose songs offer an updated version of the country-folk archetypes that Bob Dylan and John Prine made famous, Joe Pug was born and raised in Maryland, and began playing guitar when he was in grade school. Pug formed his first band on a dare from his sixth-grade science teacher, who didn't believe Pug and his friends would be able to pull something together in time to appear at a school dance. The boys were able to deliver a presentable version of a tune from the first Foo Fighters album, and Pug was on his way; before long he began writing songs, convinced at an early age that a real band should play its own original material. After graduating from high school, he traveled south to North Carolina to attend college. Pug was studying writing plays, but in time his growing passion for songwriting overwhelmed his interest in drama. Pug dropped out of school and relocated to Chicago, where he supported himself as a carpenter while he wrote songs and began working his way into the city's club circuit. He released his debut EP, Nation of Heat, on his own label in 2008.
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Discography
22 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Live at The Old Town School of Folk Music (Live)
Alternative & Indie - Released by New Frontier Touring on 18 Apr 2025
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Sketch of a Promised Departure
Country - Released by Joe Pug on 8 Mar 2024
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Nation of Heat (Revisited)
Folk - Released by Loose on 22 Jul 2022
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The Flood in Color
Pop - Released by Nation of Heat Records on 19 Jul 2019
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The Diving Sun (Side A)
Pop - Released by Nation of Heat Records on 19 Mar 2021
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The Great Despiser
Rock - Released by Lightning Rod Records on 23 Apr 2012
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The Great Despiser
Country - Released by Bending Thunder Recordings on 23 Apr 2012
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The Diving Sun (Side B)
Pop - Released by Nation of Heat Records on 4 Jun 2021
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I Don't Work in a Bank
Folk - Released by Nation of Heat Records on 8 Nov 2019
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I Do My Father's Drugs (Revisited)
Folk - Released by Loose on 10 Jun 2022
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Crescent Bridge (Live)
Alternative & Indie - Released by New Frontier Touring on 22 Nov 2024
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Nation of Heat (Revisited)
Folk - Released by Loose on 20 May 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
The Flood In Color (Live)
Alternative & Indie - Released by New Frontier Touring on 14 Mar 2025
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo