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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
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Genre: Blues
Styles: Prewar Country Blues, Acoustic Memphis Blues, Jug Band, Country Blues
Group Members: Memphis Minnie, Casey Bill Weldon, Tewee Blackman, Charlie Burse, Hattie Hart, Jab Jones, Hambone Lewis, Charlie "Bozo" Ni..., Charlie Pierce, ...View All
Biography: One of the definitive jug bands of the '20s and early '30s, this seminal group was comprised of Will Shade, Will Weldon, Hattie Hart, Charlie Polk, Walter Horton, and others, in various configurations.

Guitarist/harpist Will Shade formed the Memphis Jug Band in the Beale Street section of Memphis in

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Memphis Jug Band Vol. 3 (1930)
Memphis Jug Band Vol. 3 (1930)
Released: 1990
Label: Document Records
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The third of three Document CDs has all of the Memphis Jug Band's 1930 recordings. Despite the onset of the Depression, the influential band's good-time style was unchanged and actually had improved a ...Read full review
Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929)
Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929)
Released: 1990
Label: Document Records
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The Memphis Jug Band was quite popular from 1927-1930, particularly if one judges the group by its many recordings (which fill up three CDs in this series). The second volume has slightly better material ...Read full review
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