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Music : Memphis Jug Band
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0016351016720 Label: Yazoo Manufacturer: Yazoo Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Yazoo Release Date: July 01, 1991 Studio: Yazoo Sales Rank: 387075 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 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. --Alan Greenberg Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - THE BEST BAND EVER TO RECORD !Not much I can do here except to echo the two very right-on reviews below. This is some of the loosest, groovingest, exuberant music ever. I never tire of these guys. Seriously recommended is their entire output available on the Document label. And as a reviewer below stated, Cannon's Jug Stompers are also essential. And Jack Kelly'sSouth Memphis Jug Band too. Anything else I say will be redundant-- the other reviews say it all. Now quit wasting time reading this and ORDER some of their music NOW! Rating: - The greatest stringband everI have yet to hear any group, especially one that recorded before World War 2, cover such a wide variety of musical styles. Here is the single best example of the collision between jazz, blues, folk, old-timey, humor, and gospel that is American Music. The only thing better is the complete recorded works available on Document Records. Rating: - Essential for any real music collectionIf you've gotten as far as this page, you must be at least somewhat interested in blues and old-time music. If so, you really shouldn't miss out on the Memphis Jug Band. This is music of the highest order. If you read up on this sort of music, you will almost certainly come across the oft-repeated opinion that Cannon's Jug Stompers (including all the variously-named versions of Gus Cannon's groups) are superior to the Memphis Jug Band. First, I totally disagree. I've been listening to both for years, and I think the Memphis Jug Band is the better of the two. Second, and much more important, whichever you prefer, they are both absolutely essential to anyone who wants to know the history of American music. This music ... Read More: |
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