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The Memphis Jug Band was an American musical group active from the mid-1920s to the late-1950s. [1] The band featured harmonica, kazoo, fiddle and mandolin or banjolin, backed by guitar, piano, washboard, washtub bass and jug. They played slow blues, pop songs, humorous songs and upbeat dance numbers with jazz and string band flavors.
One of the definitive jug bands of the 1920s and early '30s and easily one of the most popular of the genre. Read Full Biography.
Memphis Jug Band - Collection 1927-34 (2021) Midnight Blues Jazz. 15.5K subscribers. 77 views 6 months ago.
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Memphis Jug Band 1927-1928Tracks and credits0:00 Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmer's BluesGuitar and vocals - Will WeldonHarmonica - Will ShadeKazoo - Ben Ramey...
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Beginning in 1926, African-American musicians in the Memphis area grouped around the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player Will Shade (also known as Son Brimmer or Sun Brimmer)....
Feb 26, 2010 · Of all the pre-war jug bands, the Memphis Jug Band was recorded the most, and contributed the most songs to the modern jug band repertoire. Led by Will Shade and featuring an ever-changing lineup that included a few Memphis legends, the band recorded over 70 sides for Victor and OKeh between 1927 and 1934.
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The Memphis Jug Band was one of the most popular and prolific blues groups of the 1920s and ’30s, employing jugs, harmonicas, kazoos, guitars, mandolins, fiddles, and other instruments to entertain a wide variety of audiences with brisk renditions of downhome blues, waltzes, hokum, minstrel songs, and pop tunes.