A humble slice of Americana gets a bracing jolt of contemporary energy with Terrible Operation Blues, the dazzling debut of Devine"s Jug Band, a San Francisco ensemble wise to the ways of the weird old southwest. Launched by vocalist and jug master Pete Devine, who earned his old time stripes as drummer in the revered ragtime band Bo Grumpus, the Devine"s Jug Band features guitarist/vocalist Meredith Axelrod, fiddler/vocalist Mayumi Urgino and a rotating cast of string experts on a program of salty blues and rags.