Memphis Jug Band 33 LP Double Album Yazoo 1067
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Description
In 1925, fledgling Memphis bluesman Will Shade was blown away by Clifford Hayes's Dixieland Jug Blowers, a popular Louisville band that used an empty jug for its vigorous bass rhythms. Shade met an empty-whiskey-bottle virtuoso named Lionhouse and bought him a jug, then enlisted regular partners Tee Wee Blackman and Ben Ramey to form the legendary Memphis Jug Band, the greatest of its kind. This superb collection spans the rollicking party band's prime years with its ever-changing personnel, which included such masters as Furry Lewis, Will Weldon, Charlie Burse, Jab Jones, and Vol Stevens. Of the group's superior songwriting repertoire--covering blues, string-band music, and dance tunes to please its multiracial audiences--truly outstanding are "The Old Folks Started It," sung from the depths by Minnie Wallace, and "Stealin' Stealin'," which was covered by Memphis Jug Band devotee Jerry Garcia on his Shady Grove CD with David Grisman.
SIDE 1: I'll See You In The Spring, When The Birds Begin to Sing; Memphis Jug Blues; Cave Man Blues; Gator Wabble; Beale Street Mess Around; Memphis To You Blues; Stealin' Stealin'
SIDE 2: Lindberg Hop; 4th St Mess Around; Memphis Boy Blues; Taking Your Place; On the Road Again; Tired of You Driving Me; Cocaine Habit Blues
SIDE 3: Oh Ambulance Man; K. C. Moan; You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back; The Old Folks Started That; Newport News Blues Part 1; Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green; Little Green Slippers
SIDE 4: Spider's Nest Blues; Sometimes I Think I Love You; She Stays Out All Night Long; Insane Crazy Blues; Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues; What's The Matter?; Whitewash Station Blues
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