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 "He's In The Jailhouse Now", "Move That Thing", "On The Road Again", and "Bottle It Up And Go". It's a comprehensive overview of their career, and a highly entertaining showcase for their rough-edged but finely-honed skill as entertainers.
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
- Disc 2 -
1 Sugar Pudding
2 A Black Woman Is Like a Black Snake
3 On the Road Again
4 Whitewash Station Blues
5 Stealin', Stealin'
6 Mississippi River Waltz
7 Jug Band Waltz
8 I Can't Stand It
9 What's the Matter
10 K.C. Moan
11 Memphis Yo Yo Blues
12 I Whipped My Woman with a Single-Tree
13 Feed Your Friend with a Long Handled Spoon
14 I Can Beat You Plenty
15 Tired of You Driving Me
16 Bumble Bee Blues
17 Everybody's Talking About
18 Cave Man Blues
19 Oh Ambulance Man
20 Cocaine Habit Blues
21 It Won't Act Right
22 Papa's Got Your Bath Water on
23 Fourth Street Mess Around
24 He's in the Jail House Now
25 Round and Round
- Disc 3 -
1 Move That Thing
2 You Got Me Rollin'
3 Going Back to Memphis
4 Spider's Nest Blues
5 Taking Your Place
6 Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
7 Jim Strainer Blues
8 Meningitis Blues
9 Jazzbo Stomp
10 Rukus Juice and Chittlin'
11 Tear It Down, Bed Slats and All
12 Boodie Bum Bum
13 Gator Wobble
14 My Business Ain't Right
15 Bottle It Up and Go
16 Insane Crazy Blues
17 Memphis Shakedown
18 Mary Anna Cut Off
19 She Done Sold It Out
20 My Love Is Cold
21 Jug Band Quartette
22 Little Green Slippers
23 Take Your Finger Off It
24 Stonewall Blues
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 "He's In The Jailhouse Now", "Move That Thing", "On The Road Again", and "Bottle It Up And Go". It's a comprehensive overview of their career, and a highly entertaining showcase for their rough-edged but finely-honed skill as entertainers.
