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Memphis Jug Band Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers Release Date: 2005 04 19 Label: JSP Memphis Jug Band with Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers is a wonderful four-disc set which amounts to a street corner jug band party in a box, containing nearly every side recorded in the '20s and '30s by America's two best-ever jug bands, Will Shade's Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers, including one-off sides by Memphis Jug Band members Shade, Hattie Hart, Minnie Wallace, Will Weldon and Vol Stevens. It's a whole lot of fun, and actually more varied than one might think. Among the highlights are the iconic "Sun Brimmer's Blues," the kazoo-led "Mississippi River Waltz," the hardly subtle "She Stabbed Me with an Ice-Pick," and the accomplished and haunting "Fourth Street Mess" by the Memphis Jug Band, and three classic sides from the Jug Stompers, "Minglewood Blues," the bubbly "Feather Bed," and "Viola Lee Blues." More kazoos, jugs and banjos than you can shake a stick at, with great vocals and solid songs. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Sun Brimmer's Blues 3:26 2 Stingy Woman Blues Weldon, Shade 3:11 3 Memphis Jug Blues Shade 3:09 4 Newport News Blues Shade 3:12 5 Sometimes I Think I Love You 3:07 6 Sunshine Blues Weldon 2:42 7 Memphis Boy Blues Shade 2:58 8 I'm Looking for the Bully of the Town Shade 2:47 9 I Packed My Suitcase, Started to the Train Clayton, Shade 3:15 10 State of Tennessee Blues Shade, Clayton 3:20 11 Bob Lee Junior Blues Clayton, Shade 3:12 12 Kansas City Blues Shade 2:55 13 Beale Street Mess Around Stevens 3:05 14 I'll See You in the Spring, When the Birds Begin to Sing Shade, Stevens 3:07 15 Turpentine Blues 3:25 16 Hitch Me to Your Buggy and Drive Me Like a Mule 3:07 17 Vol Stevens Blues Stevens 3:20 18 Baby Got the Rickets (Mama's Got the Mobile Blues) Stevens 2:55 19 Snitchin' Gambler Blues Shade 3:23 20 Evergreen Money Blues Shade 3:24 21 Coal Oil Blues Stevens 3:33 22 Papa Long Blues Stevens 3:12 23 Peaches in the Springtime Shade 3:07 24 She Stays Out All Night Long Parth, Shade 3:06 25 Lindberg Hop Shade 2:51 26 Sugar Pudding Shade 2:45 27 Black Woman Is Like a Black Snake Shade 2:50 28 On the Road Again Shade 2:50 29 Whitehouse Station Blues Jones, Shade 2:45 30 Stealin', Stealin' Shade 2:58 31 Jug Band Waltz Shade 2:53 32 Mississippi River Waltz Shade, Ramey 2:53 33 Better Leave That Stuff Alone 3:26 34 She Stabbed Me with an Ice-Pick 3:23 35 I Can't Stand It Shade 2:30 36 What's the Matter? Shade 2:54 37 Dirty Butter Wallace 3:02 38 Old Folks Started It Wallace 2:45 39 Won't You Be Kind to Me? Hart 3:22 40 You Wouldn't, Would You Papa? 3:18 41 Feed Your Friend with a Long Handled Spoon Shade 2:54 42 I Can Beat You Plenty Shade 2:55 43 Taking Your Place Shade 3:14 44 Tired of You Driving Me Nelson 2:42 45 Memphis Yo Yo Blues Pope 2:53 46 K.C. Moan Blackman 2:34 47 I Whipped My Woman with a Single Tree Shade 3:02 48 Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green Nickerson 3:10 49 Oh Ambulance Man Hart 2:43 50 Cocaine Habit Blues Clayton 2:50 51 Jim Strainer Blues Clayton 3:20 52 Cave Man Blues Shade, Pope 3:08 53 Fourth Street Mess 3:18 54 It Won't Act Right Shade 2:33 55 Bumble Bee Blues Memphis Minnie 2:55 56 Meningitis Blues McCoy 3:13 57 Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues Clayton 3:07 58 Stonewall Blues 3:28 59 Spider's Nest Blues Clayton 3:07 60 Papa's Got Your Bath Water On 2:31 61 Going Back to Memphis Shade 2:27 62 He's in the Jailhouse Now Rodgers 3:13 63 Got a Letter from My Darlin' 3:01 64 Round and Round 3:04 65 You May Leave, but This Will Bring You Back 3:06 66 Move That Thing 3:09 67 You Got Me Rollin' 2:32 68 Son Brimmer's Blues 3:12 69 Stingy Woman Blues Shade, Weldon 3:17 70 Newport News Blues Shade 3:10 71 Snitchin' Gambler Blues Shade 3:13 72 Lindberg Hop Shade 2:19 73 Minglewood Blues 3:47 74 Big Railrood Blues 3:19 75 Madison Street Rag 3:14 76 Springdale Blues 3:08 77 Ripley Blues 3:03 78 Pig Ankle Strut 3:04 79 Noah's Blues 2:54 80 Hollywood Rag 3:04 81 Heart Breakin' Blues 3:06 82 Feather Bed 3:13 83 Cairo Rag 2:59 84 Bugle Call Rag 3:02 85 Viola Lee Blues 3:07 86 Riley's Wagon 2:58 87 Last Chance Blues 3:17 88 Tired Chicken Blues 2:55 89 Going to Germany 2:34 90 Walk Right In 2:58 91 Mule Get Up in the Alley 2:49 92 Rooster's Crowing Blues 3:02 93 Jonestown Blues 2:50 94 Pretty Mama Blues 2:42 95 Bring It with You When You Come 2:47 96 Wolf River Blues 2:39 97 Money Never Runs Out 2:50 98 Prison Wall Blues 2:37 Releases: Year Type Label 2005 CD JSP

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