Memphis Jug Band With Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers

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Cat No: JSPCD7745

Release Date: 07 March 2005

Label: JSP

Packaging Type: Box Set

No of Units: 4

Barcode: 788065774523

Genres: Blues

Description
Blowing across the neck of a jug or bottle that acted as a resonator produced a bass buzz that gave ?bottom? to a tune.

Bands using such instruments were popular in the southern USA in the 1920s.

Two of the greatest were situated in Memphis: the Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon?s Jug Stompers.

The recordings by these two ensembles were not only highly commerically successful in their day, they influenced the folk scene of the late 1950s and '60s.

For instance, Gus Cannon's "Walk Right In" was converted into an international pop/folk hit by The Rooftop Singers in 1963, and John Sebastian - who himself began his music career with a jug band - did a similar transition job on Cannon's "Prison Wall Blues", re-writing it as "Younger Girl" for The Lovin' Spoonful.

Both of Cannon's Jug Stompers' original recordings are included on this 98 track, 4CD set, which is the most comprehensive and authoritative survey to date of a delightfully boisterous part of blues history.

As usual with JSP box sets, there is an extensive essay with biographical and discographical detail, expert remastering, all at an affordable price.

Full track listing attached.
Tracklisting
1. Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmer's Blues
2. Memphis Jug Band - Stingy Woman Blues
3. Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
4. Memphis Jug Band - Newport News Blues
5. Memphis Jug Band - Sometimes I Think I Love You
6. Memphis Jug Band - Sunshine Blues
7. Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Boy Blues
8. Memphis Jug Band - I'm Looking For The Bully Of The Town
9. Memphis Jug Band - I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train
10. Memphis Jug Band - State Of Tennessee Blues
11. Memphis Jug Band - Bob Lee Junior Blues
12. Memphis Jug Band - Kansas City Blues
13. Memphis Jug Band - Beale Street Mess Around
14. Memphis Jug Band - I'll See You In The Spring, When The Birds Begin To Sing
15. Will Weldon (Casey Bill) - Turpentine Blues
16. Will Weldon (Casey Bill) - Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule
17. Vol Stevens - Vol Stevens Blues
18. Vol Stevens - Baby Got The Rickets (Mama's Got The Mobile Blues)
19. Memphis Jug Band - Snitchin' Gambler Blues
20. Memphis Jug Band - Evergreen Money Blues
21. Memphis Jug Band - Coal Oil Blues
22. Memphis Jug Band - Papa Long Blues
23. Memphis Jug Band - Peaches In The Springtime
24. Memphis Jug Band - She Stays Out All Night Long
2.1. Memphis Jug Band - Lindberg Hop
2.2. Memphis Jug Band - Sugar Pudding
2.3. Memphis Jug Band - A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake
2.4. Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again
2.5. Memphis Jug Band - Whitehouse Station Blues
2.6. Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin'
2.7. Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
2.8. Memphis Jug Band - Mississippi River Waltz
2.9. Will Shade - Better Leave That Stuff Alone
2.10. Will Shade - She Stabbed Me With An Ice-Pick
2.11. Memphis Jug Band - I Can't Stand It
2.12. Memphis Jug Band - What's The Matter?
2.13. Minnie Wallace - Dirty Butter
2.14. Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It
2.15. Hattie Hart - Won't You Be Kind To Me?
2.16. Hattie Hart - You Wouldn't, Would You Papa?
2.17. Memphis Jug Band - Feed Your Friend With A Long Handled Spoon
2.18. Memphis Jug Band - I Can Beat You Plenty
2.19. Memphis Jug Band - Taking Your Place
2.20. Memphis Jug Band - Tired Of You Driving Me
2.21. Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Yo Yo Blues
2.22. Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan
2.23. Memphis Jug Band - I Whipped My Woman With A Single Tree
3.1. Memphis Jug Band - Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green
3.2. Memphis Jug Band - Oh Ambulance Man
3.3. Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues
3.4. Memphis Jug Band - Jim Strainer Blues
3.5. Memphis Jug Band - Cave Man Blues
3.6. Memphis Jug Band - Fourth Street Mess
3.7. Memphis Jug Band - It Won't Act Right
3.8. Memphis Jug Band - Bumble Bee Blues
3.9. Memphis Jug Band - Meningitis Blues
3.10. Memphis Jug Band - Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues
3.11. Memphis Jug Band - Stonewall Blues
3.12. Memphis Jug Band - Spider's Nest Blues
3.13. Memphis Jug Band - Papa's Got Your Water On
3.14. Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
3.15. Memphis Jug Band - He's in The Jailhouse Now
3.16. Memphis Jug Band - Got A Letter From My Darlin'
3.17. Memphis Jug Band - Round And Round
3.18. Memphis Jug Band - You May Leave, But this Will Bring You Back
3.19. Memphis Jug Band - Move That Thing
3.20. Memphis Jug Band - You Got Me Rollin'
3.21. Memphis Jug Band - Son Brimmer's Blues
3.22. Memphis Jug Band - Stingy Woman Blues
3.23. Memphis Jug Band - Newport News Blues
3.24. Memphis Jug Band - Snitchin' Gambler Blues
3.25. Memphis Jug Band - Lindberg Hop
4.1. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues
4.2. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Big Railroad Blues
4.3. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Madison Street Rag
4.4. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Springdale Blues
4.5. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Ripley Blues
4.6. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Pig Ankle Strut
4.7. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Noah's Blues
4.8. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Hollywood Rag
4.9. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Heart Breakin' Blues
4.10. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Feather Bed
4.11. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Cairo Rag
4.12. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Bugle Call Rag
4.13. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues
4.14. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Riley's Wagon
4.15. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Last Chance Blues
4.16. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Tired Chicken Blues
4.17. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Going To Germany
4.18. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
4.19. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Mule Get Up In The Alley
4.20. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - The Rooster's Crowing Blues
4.21. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Jonestown Blues
4.22. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Pretty Mama Blues
4.23. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Bring It With You When You Come
4.24. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Wolf River Blues
4.25. Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Money Never Runs Out