CD Details
- Released: November 6, 2003
- Label: Acrobat
Tracks:
- 1.Newport News - Blues
- 2.Sun Brimmers Blues
- 3.Sometimes I Think I Love You
- 4.Kansas City Blues
- 5.Beale Street Mess Around
- 6.Coal Oil Blues
- 7.On the Road Again
- 8.Lindberg Hop
- 9.Jug Band Waltz
- 10.Stealin' Stealin'
- 11.I Can't Stand It
- 12.I Can Beat You Plenty
- 13.K. C. Moan
- 14.Memphis Yo Yo Blues
- 15.Cocaine Habit Blues
- 16.Fourth Street Mess Around
- 17.Bumble Bee Blues
- 18.Going Back to Memphis
- 19.Spider's Nest Blues
- 20.He's in the Jailhouse Now
- 21.Move That Thing
- 22.Gator Wobble
- 23.Jazzbo Stomp
- 24.Mary Anna Cut Off
- 25.Jug Band Quarette
Product Description:
Personnel: Will Weldon, Charlie Burse (vocals, spoken vocals, guitar); Ben Ramey (vocals, spoken vocals, kazoo); Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson (vocals, spoken vocals); Memphis Minnie (vocals, guitar); Milton Roby (vocals, violin); Jab Jones (vocals, piano); Hattie Hart (vocals); Charlie Pierce (violin); Robert Burse (percussion).
Liner Note Author: Tony Russell.
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (02/24/1927-11/08/1934); Chicago, IL (02/24/1927-11/08/1934); Memphis, TN (02/24/1927-11/08/1934).
The prototype jug band, Will Shade's Memphis Jug Band mapped out a street-corner litany of blues, rags, and pop standards from the late '20s through the mid-'30s, recording some 60 sides for Victor Records, including the stately (for a jug band) "K.C. Moan" and the iconic "Sun Brimmers Blues." Both of these are collected on this 25-track introduction to the band, which also included Will Weldon, Hattie Hart, Charlie Polk, Walter Horton, Furry Lewis, Casey Bill Weldon, and Vol Stevens as members at one time or another. ~ Steve Leggett
