Memphis Jug Band - Collection 1927-34 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Memphis Jug Band are generally primarily associated with the blues, but in truth they were a more broad-based musical agglomeration, whose music was designed to be danceable, humorous and out-and out entertaining. Their line-up varied across the years, but the essential jug band sound and instrumentation of guitar, jug, kazoo, harmonica, and occasional banjo, mandolin, washboard and woodblocks, remained at the core of their sound, which has provided a template for skiffle groups and modern jug bands ever since, with many of their songs also still being performed by such bands. This great-value 72-track 3-CD set comprises most of their recordings for Victor and Okeh during this era, including recordings as The Memphis Sheikhs and The Carolina Peanut Boys. It features some of those jug band classics which have passed into later bands' repertoires, including InchHe's In The Jailhouse NowInch, InchMove That ThingInch, InchOn The Road AgainInch, and InchBottle It Up And GoInch. It's a comprehensive overview of their career, and a highly entertaining showcase for their rough-edged but finely-honed skill as entertainers. Album Tracks 1. Stingy Woman Blues 2. Sun Brimmers Blues 3. Memphis Jug Blues 4. Newport News Blues 5. Sunshine Blues 6. Looking for the Bully of the Town 7. Sometimes I Think I Love You 8. Memphis Boy 9. Beale Street Mess Around 10. I'll See You in the Spring, When the Birds Begin to Sing 11. Turpentine Blues 12. Hitch Me to Your Buggy and Drive Me Like a Mule 13. Kansas City Blues 14. State of Tennessee Blues 15. Coal Oil Blues 16. Papa Long Blues 17. Bob Lee Junior Blues 18. I Packed My Suitcase, Started to the Train 19. Snitchin' Gambler Blues 20. She Stays Out All Night Long 21. Peaches in the Springtime 22. Evergreen Money Blues 23. Lindberg Hop 1. Sugar Pudding 2. A Black Woman Is Like a Black