Memphis Jug Band
| Memphis Jug Band | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | blues |
| founding | 1927 |
| resolution | 1934 |
The Memphis Jug Band was one of the most famous and successful jug bands in the United States .
Band members
The leader was singer, guitarist and harmonica player Will Shade , who, inspired by the Clifford Hayes' Louisville Jug Band , formed the band in the mid-1920s .
Although the line-up changed constantly, the group included Jab Jones am Jug and Charlie Burse as well as Shade . More or less frequently among the group Charlie Polk, "Ham" Lewis, founding member Ben Ramsey ( kazoo ), Will Weldon ( guitar ), Vol Stevens ( fiddle and mandolin ), tea Wee Tea Blackman, occasionally Hattie Hart and later Memphis Minnie as Singers.
successes
The Memphis Jug Band was the first band in the state of Tennessee to make a commercial sound recording (with the record label Victor ). The group was also the most recorded youth band. Between 1927 and 1934 they recorded over 100 titles in 64 sessions. Although the band made their last recording in Chicago in 1934 , they performed in Memphis well into the 1940s and returned to the studio in 1956.
Discography
- The Memphis Jug Band (Yazoo 1067c)
- Collections
- Jug, Jook and Washboard Bands (Blues Classics 2a)
- Good Time Blues (Columbia 46780e)
- Country Blues (Folkways RFlc)
- Rural Blues (Folkways RBF 202c)
- Skiffle Bands (Folkways 2610e, with an interview with Shade and Burse)
- Great Jug Bands, 1926–1934 (Historical 66a)
- The Parfy Blues Melodeon 7234a
- Jugs, Washboards and Kazoos (RCA 540a)
- Wild About My lovin '(RCA 2461c)
- Beale Street Mess Around (Rounder 2006a)
- Blues Masters, Vol. 12 (Rhino 71129c)
- Memphis Masters 1927–1934 (Yazoo 2008c)
- Before the Blues, Vol. 2 (Yazoo 2016c)
literature
- Harry Smith (Ed.): Anthology of American Folk Music . Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Washington, DC, 1996.
Web links
- Memphis Jug Band Biography
- Memphis Jug Band at Allmusic (English)