Memphis Jug Band
The Memphis Jug Band was an American musical group that was active from the mid-1920s to the late 1950s. The band featured harmonica, kazoo, fiddle, and mandolin or banjolin, backed by guitar, piano, washboard, washtub bass, and jug. They played slow blues, pop songs, humorous songs, and upbeat dance numbers with jazz and string-band flavors. The band made the first commercial recordings in Memphis, Tennessee, and recorded more sides than any other prewar jug band. They mainly were based in the Beale Street area of Memphis. Beginning in 1926, African-American musicians in the Memphis area grouped around the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player Will Shade (also known as Son Brimmer or Sun Brimmer). The personnel of the band varied from day to day, with Shade booking gigs and arranging recording sessions. The band was as a training ground for musicians who went on to make careers of their own.
Genre: blues, country-blues, ragtime, classic-blues
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Top Tracks
- He's In The Jail House Now
- On the Road Again
- Kansas City Blues
- Cocaine Habit Blues
- On the Road Again
- Jim Strainer Blues
- Cocaine Habit Blues
- Stealin', Stealin'
- Round And Round
- Fourth Street Mess Around
- Papa's Got Your Bath Water On
- It Won't Act Right
- Cocaine Habit Blues
- Oh Ambulance Man
- Cave Man Blues
- Everybody's Talking About
- Bumble Bee Blues
- Tired Of You Driving Me
- I Can Beat You Plenty
- Feed Your Friend With A Long Handled Spoon
Albums (45)
- Ragtime Legends (2021)
- On the Road Again (2021)
- Collection 1927-34 (2021)
- Jugs, Washboards & Kazoos (2020)
- Top 75 Classics - The Very Best of Memphis Jug Band (2019)
- Stealin´ Stealin´ (2019)
- Before Bob Dylan: 100 Recordings (2018)
- American Epic: The Best of Memphis Jug Band (2017)
- American Epic: The Soundtrack (2017)
- American Epic: The Best of Blues (2017)
- American Epic: The Collection (2017)
- American Folk Stories (2017)
- The Jug Bands (2015)
- A Short Cut to the Grave (2014)
- Alcohol Coke & Gin (2014)
- Influence Vol. 2: Bob Dylan, I Was Young When I Left Home (2014)
- Pure... Blues (2013)
- Memphis Blues, Vol. 3 (1927 - 1930) (1970)
- Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929) (2012)
- Hillbilly Folk (2011)
- Street Walker Blues: Vintage Songs About Prostitution, Vol. 1 (2010)
- Those Dirty Blues, Vol. 2 (2010)
- 100 1920s Blues Classics (2010)
- Got the Blues (2010)
- The Best Of Country Blues (2010)
- Saga Blues: Voodoo Blues "Hoodoo & Magical Practices" (2009)
- American Folk Music, Vol. 1 (2009)
- Saga Blues: Memphis "That's All Right! From Blues to Rock'n'Roll" (2007)
- The Blues Came From Memphis (2006)
- The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Super Rarities (2006)
- The Roots Of Rap: Classic Recordings From The 1920s & 30s (2006)
- Ruckus Juice & Chittlins, Vol. 2 (2006)
- The Rose Grew Round The Briar: Early American Rural Love Songs, Vol. 2 (2006)
- Ruckus Juice & Chittlins, Vol. 1 (2006)
- Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics (1927-34) (2006)
- The Best Of The Memphis Jug Band (2005)
- Times Ain't Like They Used To Be, Vol. 1 (2005)
- Jug Band Waltz (1970)
- He's In The Jailhouse Now (1970)
- First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series) (2002)
- The Cornshucker's Frolic: Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's, Vol. 2 (1999)
- Real Blues (1998)
- Memphis Jug Band Associates & Alternate Takes (1970)
- Before The Blues, Vol. 2 (1996)
- Memphis Jug Band (1990)
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