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W H I S T L E R' S   J U G   B A N D; source: Screen capture from 1930 Fox-Movietone neewsreel film
source: Screen capture from 1930 Fox-Movietone neewsreel film
Whistler's Jug Band
"Whistler"'s real name: Lloyd Buford Threlkeld
b. April 18, 1893 in Eminence, Kentucky
moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1915
d. September 1, 1935 at Bellevue Hospital in New York, New York
buried in Potters Field, Hart Island, Bronx County, New York
discography
W H I S T L E R' S   J U G   B A N D; source:

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11924Whistler's Jug Band

- Chicago Flip (12025-A) #   @ youtube
- Jerry O'Mine (12026- ) || #   @ youtube
or
- Chicago Flip (12025-B)
- Jerry O'Mine (12026-A) ||

rec. September 25, 1924 in Richmond, IN; Whistler, g, || nose whistle; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; B.D. Tite, jug


Gennett 5554


# = Silvertone 4037

21924Whistler Acc. by His Jug Band

- Jail House Blues (12029-A)   @ youtube
- I'm A Jazz Baby (12033- or -A)   @ youtube

rec. September 25, 1924 in Richmond, IN; Whistler, voc, g; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; B.D. Tite, jug


Gennett 5614

   

- The Original Blues (12027-A)
- Old Virginia Blues (12028-A)
- I Wonder Where My Sweet Mama's Gone? (12030-B)
- The Vampire Woman (12031-A)
- National Emblem (12032-C)

rec. September 25, 1924 in Richmond, IN; Whistler, g; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; B.D. Tite, jug

Gennett unissued

31927WHISTLER & HIS JUG BAND

- Low Down Blues (80793-A) #   @ youtube
- The Vamps Of "28" (80795-B)   @ youtube

rec. April 29, 1927 in St. Louis, MO; Whistler, g, nose whistle, # voc; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; Rudolph "Jazz Lips" Thompson, jug


OKeh 8469

41927WHISTLER & HIS JUG BAND

- The Jug Band Special (80797-B) #   @ youtube
- Pig Meat Blues (80799-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. April 29, 1927 in St. Louis, MO; Whistler, g, nose whistle, # voc; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; Rudolph "Jazz Lips" Thompson, jug

* rec. April 30, 1927 in St. Louis, MO; Whistler, g, nose whistle, # voc; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; Rudolph Thompson, jug


OKeh 8816

   

- Jim Tight Blues (80794-B) #
- Chicken Tree (80796-B)

rec. April 29, 1927 in St. Louis, MO; Whistler, g, # voc; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; Rudolph "Jazz Lips" Thompson, jug

OKeh unissued

   

- Sam Mengal Blues (80794-B)
- The Little African Stomp (80800-B)
- Bye Bye, Blackbird (80801-B)
- Hello Bluebird (80802-B)

rec. April 30, 1927 in St. Louis, MO; Whistler, g, nose whistle, # voc; Jess Ferguson, vn; Willie Black, bj; Rudolph "Jazz Lips" Thompson, jug

OKeh unissued

   

- Foldin' Bed   @ youtube (footage)

rec. May 25, 1930 in Louisville, KY; Whistler, g, voc; Willie Black, bj; three unknowns, jug; recording from a Fox-Movietone neewsreel film held at the University of South Carolina, who also hold additional material

originally unissued

Yazoo 512 (NTSC video)

51931Whistler's Jug Band

- Foldin' Bed (69437-1)   @ youtube
- Hold That Tiger (69438-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 15, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Whistler, g, voc; Luther Nichols, vn; Willie Black, bj; Rudolph "Jazz Lips" Thompson, jug; poss. James Watts, voc


Victor 23305


LP / CD compilations
61962The Great Jug Bands

Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Heart Breakin' Blues
- Goin' To Germany
Memphis Minnie and Her Jug Band
- Grandpa And Grandma Blues
Birmingham Jug Band
- Getting Ready For Trial
- German Blues
Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band
- Cold Iron Bed
- Red Ripe Tomatoes

Whistler and His Jug Band
- The Jug Band Special

Memphis Jug Band
- Coal Oil Blues
- Jug Band Waltz
Elder Richard Bryant's Sanctified Singers
- Come Over Here
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Garden Of Joy Blues
Kentucky Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp
Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- New Minglewood Blues
- Ticket Agent Blues
Memphis Sheiks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now


notes by Sam Charters

Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 1962)

notes by Sam Charters

= Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 196?)

notes by Sam Charters
 
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 4 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography
Cannon's Jug Stompers discography
Jaybird Coleman discography
Memphis Jug Band discography

71965Tub Jug Washboard Bands   1924-1932

Tub Jug Washboard Band
- Tub Jug Rag
- San

Whistler and his Jug Band
- Chicago Flip
- Jerry O' Mine
George 'Chicken' Wilson
- Chicken Wilson Blues
- House Snake Blues
Cincinnati Jug Band
- Newport Blues
- George Street Blues

Bob Coleman
- Tear It Down
- Cincinnati Underworld Woman
Guy Lumpkin
- Decatur Street Drag
Eddie Mapp
- Riding The Blinds
Walter Taylor
- Thirty Eight And Plus
- Diamond Ring Blues
Picaninny Jug Band
- You Got To Have That Thing
- Bottle It Up And Go


"Classic Jazz Masters" series edited by Prof. Dr. H.R. Rookmaaker; this patricular LP has been prepared by Mr. Max E. Vreede, Kijkduin, The Netherlands; remastered by van de Water Sound Studio

gatefold LP
including a 6 pp. brochure with notes by Paul Oliver, lyrics & photos

= Riverside RM 8802 (NL 1965) ("Classic Jazz Masters")

gatefold LP
including a 6 pp. brochure with notes by Paul Oliver, lyrics & photos
   
Riverside RLP 8802 / RPL.8802 (US 1965) ("Classic Jazz Masters")


= Pierre Cardin PC 93.522 (Fr 1975?) ("Golden Jazz")


= Mercury 6332 983 (Fr 19??)



= Music Parade Cetra LEL 201 (It 19??) ("Classic Jazz")


= BASF 10 29848-5 (Fr 1974) ("Jazz Ancestors")

Bob Coleman discography
Eddie Mapp discography
Picaninny Jug Band discography

81968Harmonicas, Washboards, Fiddles & Jugs (1926-1933)

Bobby Leecan's Need-More Band
- Apaloosa Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Peaches In The Springtime
- Feed Your Friend With A Long-Handled Spoon
- I Whipped My Woman With A Single-Tree
- I Packed My Suitcase, Started To The Train
Jack Kelly's Jug Band
- Believe I'll Go Back Home
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues
Banjo Joe (Cannon & Blake)
- Jazz Gypsy Blues

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Black Cat Bone Blues
- Dirty Guitar Blues
James Cole
- Mistreated The Only Friend You Had
- Nobody's Business If I Do
Kansas City Blues Strummers
- String Band Blues
King David's Jug Band
- Sweet Potato Blues
- I Can Deal Worry

Whistler's Jug Band
- Pig Meat Blues

issued with a single-sheet (photocopied) insert

 
Roots RL-311

Roots Records discography

91976Give Me Another Jug
Jug Bands 1924-1931 Vol. 1

Sara Martin's Jug Band
- Blue Devil Blues
- Jug Band Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- If You Can't Make It Easy
- When I Stopped Running
Ben Ferguson
- Please Don't Holler Mama
- Try And Treat Her Right
John Harris
- Glad And Sorry Blues
Madelyn James
- Stinging Snake Blues

Jed Davenport And His Beale Street Jug Band
- Jug Blues
- Piccolo Blues
King David's Jug Band
- Georgia Bo-Bo
- Tear It Down
Kaiser Clifton
- Cash Money Blues
- Fort Worth And Denver Blues

Whistler's Jug Band
- Foldin' Bed
- Hold That Tiger


Whoopee 102 (Switzerland 1976)

Whoopee Records discography

101988The Jug and Washboard Bands - Vol. 1   (1924-1931)
The Complete Recordings in Chronological Order

Whistler and his Jug Band
- Chicago Flip
- Jerry O'mine
- Jail House Blues
- I'm A Jazz Baby
- Low Down Blues
- The Vamps Of "28"
- The Jug Band Special
- Pig Meat Blues
- Foldin' Bed
- Hold That Tiger

Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- Myrtle Avenue Stomp
- D. C. Rag
- Chicken Wilon Blues
- House Snake Blues
- Frog Eye Stomp
- Station House Rag
The Two Of Spades
- Meddlin' With The Blues
- Harmonica Blues



RST Blues Documents BD 2023 (Austria 1988)

RST Blues Documents Records discography

111992Times Ain't Like They Used to Be
Early Rural & Popular American Music

Start Program
Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting For A Train / Daddy And Home / Blue Yodel

Whistler's Jug Band - Foldin' Bed
Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux - Happy Am I
Bascom Lamar Lunceford Band - Doggett's Gap
Jules Allen - Home On The Range
Uncle John Scruggs - Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
Jack Johnson's Jazz Band - Tiger Rag
Fiddler At Square Dance - Waggoner
Bela Lam & Family - Poor Little Benny
Cumberland Ridge Runners - Goofus
Eddie Thomas & Carl Scott - Tomorrow / My Ohio Home
Bob Wills' Texas Playboys - Fiddlin' Man
Georgia Field Hands - Mary, Don't You Weep
Bun Wright's Fiddle Band - Soldier's Joy
Ted Weems' Orchestra - Cheer Up
Otto Gray's Oklahoma Cowboys - A Vaudeville Revue
Estudiantina Invencibal - The Faithful Lover
Unknown Fiddle Band - Miss McLoed's Reel
Duke Davis Banjo Band - Ida
Lemire Twins - Mighty Lak' A Rose / Dream Kisses
Fiddler's Convention - Turkey In The Straw
Frank Westphal's Orchestra - Sing You Sinners



Yazoo VHS 512 (US 1992)


Yazoo DVD 512 (US 2000)

121992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled

Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues [previously unissued]
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me

compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)

131994Clifford Hayes & Louisville Jug Bands   Vol. 1   (1924 - 1926)

Sara Martin And Her Jug Band
- Blue Devil Blues
- Jug Band Blues (72825)
- Jug Band Blues (72831)
- Don't You Quit Me Daddy
- I Got The Crying Blues
- I Ain't Got No Man
- Blues, Please Go Away
- Come Back Daddy And Ease My Aching Heart
- I'm Gonna Be A Lovin' Old Soul
- Papa, Papa Blues

Whistler And His Jug Band
- Chicago Flip
- Jerry O' Mine
- Jail House Blues
- I'm A Jazz Baby
The Old Southern Jug Band
- Hatchet Head Blues
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All
Clifford 's Louisville Jug Band
- Louisville Bluezees
- Wakin' Up Blues
- I Don't Want You Blues
- Get It Fixed Blues
- Mammy O' Mine Blues
- Struttin' The Blues
- Dancing Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Boodle-Am-Shake (tk 1)


compiled & prod. by Johnny Parth
cover by Kurt Hriczucsah

notes by Brenda Bogert

RST Blues Documents JPCD-1501-2 (Austria 1994) (Jazz Perspectives series)

141994Clifford Hayes & Louisville Jug Bands   Vol. 2   (1926 - 1927)

Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Boodle-Am-Shake (tk 2)
- Florida Blues
- Don't Give All My Lard Away
- Banjoreno
- Skip, Skat, Doodle-Do
- Louisville Stomp
- House Rent Rag
- Memphis Shake
- Carpet Alley-Breakdown (tk 1)
- Carpet Alley-Breakdown (tk 2)
- Hen Party Blues (tk 1)
- Hen Party Blues (tk 2)
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- She's In The Graveyard Now
- Casey Bill
- Louisville Special
- Rocking Chair Blues
- Mama's Little Sunny Boy
- She Won't Quit But She'll Slow Down
- Under The Chicken Tree
- Melody March Call

Whistler And His Jug Band
- Low Down Blues
- The Vamps Of "28"
- The Jug Band Special
- Pig Meat Blues

compiled & prod. by Johnny Parth
cover by Kurt Hriczucsah

notes by Brenda Bogert

RST Blues Documents JPCD-1502-2 (Austria 1994) (Jazz Perspectives series)

151994Clifford Hayes & Louisville Jug Bands   Vol. 4   (1929 - 1931)

Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers
- You're Ticklin' Me (tk 1)
- You're Ticklin' Me (tk 2)
Sippie Thomas - You Gonna Need My Help
Kentucky Jazz Babies
- Old Folks Shake
- No More Blues
Phillips' Louisville Jug Band
- Soldier Boy Blues
- That's A Lovely Thing For You
- Sing, You Sinners
- Tiger Rag
Kentucky Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp
- Hard Hustlin' Blues
Phillips' Louisville Jug Band
- Smackin' The Sax
- That's Your Last
- Clair And Pearley Blues
- Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More
- Freight Train Blues

Whistler And His Jug Band
- Foldin' Bed
- Hold That Tiger
Kid Coley
- War Dream Blues
Jimmie Rodgers accompanied by The Louisville Jug Band
- My Good Gal's Gone Blues (tk 2)
- My Good Gal's Gone Blues (tk 3)
Ben Ferguson
- Please Don't Holler, Mama
- Try And Treat Her Right
John Harris
- Prowling Wolf Blues
John Harris accompanied by The Louisville Jug Band
- Glad And Sorry Blues


compiled & prod. by Johnny Parth
cover by Kurt Hriczucsah

notes by Brenda Bogert

RST Blues Documents JPCD-1504-2 (Austria 1994) (Jazz Perspectives series)

161998Ruckus Juice & Chitlins   Vol. 1
The Great Jug Bands

- Low Down Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Try And Treat Her Right - Ben Ferguson
- Glad And Sorry Blues - John Harris
- What's That Tastes Like Gravy? - King David's Jug Band
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Fourth Street Mess Around - Memphis Jug Band
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Tear It Down - King David's Jug Band
- Ticket Agent Blues - Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- You Ought To Move Out Of Town - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug
- Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Bill Wilson - Birmingham Jug Band
- Cash Money Blues - Kaiser Clifton
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It - Walter Family
- Spider's Nest Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- She's In The Graveyard Now - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Please Don't Holler, Mama - Ben Ferguson

- The Vamps Of '28 - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Rukus Juice And Chittlin' - Memphis Jug Band


Yazoo CD 2032 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

171998Ruckus Juice & Chitlins   Vol. 2
The Great Jug Bands

- Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- German Blues - Birmingham Jug Band
- Selling The Jelly - Noah Lewis's Jug Band
- You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back - Memphis Jug Band
- Walkin' Cane Stomp - Kentucky Jug Band
- Rising Sun Blues - King David's Jug Band
- The Old Folks Started It - Minnie Wallace
- Memphis Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
- Sweet Potato Blues - King David's Jug Band
- R.F.C. Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Brown Jug Blues - Ezra Buzzington's Rustic Revelers
- Last Chance Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Jug Band
- George Street Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Greenville Strut - Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers

- Jug Band Special - Whistler's Jug Band
- Smackin' The Sax - Phillip's Louisville Jug Band
- What Makes My Baby Cry - Five Harmaniacs
- Piccolo Blues - Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band
- Jug Rag - Prairie Ramblers


notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2033 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

181998Field Recordings - Volume 9: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia & Kentucky   (1924-1939)

Georgia (1928-1932)
Unknown Artist
- Boogie Lovin' (3:36)
- 30 Days In Jail (3:05)
- Ding Dong Ring (3:16)
- Hard Times, Hard Times (2:25)
- Prison Bound Blues (3:48)
- Georgia Chain Gang (2:19)
- Shootin' Craps And Gamblin' (3:25)
- Mary Don't You Weep (1:56)
- Trouble Ain't Nothin' But A Good Man Feelin' Bad (3:24)
- Black Woman (3:22)
- Gonna Leave From Georgia (2:49)

South Carolina (1924-1939)
Unknown Artist
- Pick And Shovel Captain (2:19)
- 6 Months Ain't No Sentence (2:22)
- Down In The Chain Gang (1:45)
- Nobody Knows My Name (2:08)
- I Been Pickin' And Shovellin' (2:32)
Hannah Bessellion
- Heaven Is A Beautiful Place, I Know (1:30)
- I've Got Another Building (1:35)
- We're Going To Break Bread Together On Our Knees (2:00)
Angie Clark
- Rabbit In The Pea Patch (0:52)
Unidentified Group Of Tobacco Workers
- Run Sinner, And Hide Your Face (Run, Sinner, Run) (2:29)
Belton Reese
- Bile Dem Cabbages Down (1:58)
- The McKenzie Case (1:54)

North Carolina (1937)
Arthur Anderson
- If You Want To Make A Preacher Cuss (0:29)
Wheeler Bailey & Preston Fulp
- Never Let The Deal Go Down (0:55)

Virginia (1928-1935)
Uncle John Scruggs
- Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane (3:55)
Eddie Thomas & Carl Scott
- Tomorrow (2:23)
- My Ohio Home (1:13)
Elder Michaux
- Happy I Am (3:31)

Kentucky (1930)
Whistler's Jug Band
- Foldin' Bed (2:31)

notes by Howard Rye

Document DOCD-5599 (Austria 1998)

191999Violin, Sing The Blues For Me
African-American Fiddlers, 1926 - 1947

- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Beaver Slide Rag - Peg Leg Howell
- Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks

- Pig Meat Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes
- East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon
- Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers
- Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Lonesome Blues - Eddie Anthony/Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams
- Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
- Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Blue Coat Blues - Tom Nelson
- Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
- Stop and Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks
- Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- The Moore Girl - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Highway 61 Blues - Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie


notes by Marshall Wyatt

Old Hat CD 1002 (US 1999)

202007A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music 1923 - 1942

disc 1:
- Guitar Blues - Sylvester Weaver
- Time Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay - Ed Andrews
- Sundown Blues - Daddy Stovepipe
- Salt Lake City Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Whiskey And Gin Blues - South Street Trio
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland
- Hey Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull/Long "Cleve" Reed
- Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around, A - Stovepipe No-1/David Crockett
- Bamalong Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen
- Gravel Camp Blues - Lewis Black
- T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson
- Death Bell Blues - Tom Dickson
- C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Middlin' Blues - George "Bullet" Williams
- Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Kyle's Worried Blues - Charlie Kyle
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Sobbin' Woman Blues - Elizabeth Johnson
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay


disc 2:
- Jail House Blues - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Blues, Just Blues, That's All - Old Southern Jug Band
- String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
- Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
- Dirty Guitar Blues - Leecan & Cooksey
- Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- Quill Blues - Big Boy Cleveland

- The Jug Band Special - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio
- Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
- Easy Winner - The Blue Boys
- G- Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson/Nelson/Porkchop
- I Got a Gal - James Cole's String Band
. Jazz Fiddler, The - Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Carter
- Knox Couty Stomp - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
- Adam And Eve - Tommie Bradley
- Runnin' Wild - James Cole's Washboard Four
- Giving It Away - Birmingham Jug Band
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks
- Old Hen Cackle - Coleman & Harper
- Ted's Stomp - Louie Blue/Ted Bogan
- Dusting the Frets - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
- Arkansas Traveller - Nashville Washboard Band


disc 3:
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - "Long Cleve" Reed/Little Harvey Hull
- Tuxedo Blues - Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Back Door Blues - Emery Glen
- Spanish Blues - Lewis Black
- Helena Blues - Mooch Richardson
- I Heard the Voice Of a Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
- Rising River Blues - George Carter
- She Could Toodle-Oo - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Weak Minded Woman - Willie Baker
- Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
- Cairo Blues - Henry Spaulding
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Showers Of Rain Blues - Edward Thompson
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- If I Call You Mama - Luke Jordan
- Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mississippi Swamp Moan - Alfred Lewis
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Shaking Weed Blues - Tommy Settlers
- South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker
- Beans - El Morrow/Beans Hambone
- Poor Jane Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
- Hot Jelly Roll Blues - George Carter


disc 4:
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Goin' Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- No Baby - Charlie Kyle
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Dreaming Blues - Willie Reed
- Weeping Willow Blues - George Carter
- Way Down In Arkansas - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Wild About My Loving - Lonnie Coleman
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson
- God Didn't Make No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Diamond Ring Blues - Jim Jam (Walter Taylor)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Lonesome Midnight Dream - Willie Harris
- Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
- That Won't Do - Arthur Pettis
- Ghost Woman Blues - George Carter
- 'Toby' Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Rollin' Dough Blues - Jack Gowdlock
- Starvation Farm Blues - Bob Campbell
- Farewell To You Baby - Carl Martin
- Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Dago Blues - Virgil Childers

4 CD box

JSP JSPCD 7798 (UK 2007)

212017American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys

- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor

disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell

disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson

disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips


"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set
 
American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)

222017The Rough Guide To Jug Band Blues

RGNET1358CD track sequence:
Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now (3:10)
Whistler & His Jug Band - The Jug Band Special (3:06)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:30)
Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away (3:02)
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Casey Bill (2:46)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - It's Tight Like That (2:44)
Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back (3:02)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:49)
Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It (2:40)
King David's Jug Band - What's That Tastes Like Gravy (3:04)
Seven Gallon Jug Band - Wipe 'Em Off (2:40)
Memphis Minnie And Her Jug Band - Grandpa And Grandma Blues (3:21)
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin' (2:55)
Bob Coleman & The Cincinnati Jug Band - Tear It Down (2:45)
Clifford's Louisville Jug Band - Mammy O'Mine Blues (3:35)
Noah Lewis' Jug Band - Ticket Agent Blues (2:37)
Jimmie Rodgers & The Louisville Jug Band - My Good Gal's Gone Blues (2:44)
Jed Davenport And His Beale Street Jug Band - Beale Street Breakdown (2:49)
Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band - Don't Drink It In Here (2:49)
Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go (2:24)
Dixieland Jug Blowers - Banjoreno (3:10)
Prairie Ramblers - Jug Rag (2:49)
Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band - Red Ripe Tomatoes (3:01)
Old Southern Jug Band - Blues, Just Blues, That's All (2:45)
Alabama Jug Band - Sugar Blues (2:34)


RGNET1358LP track sequence:
Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now (3:10)
Whistler & His Jug Band - The Jug Band Special (3:06)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:30)
Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away (3:02)
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Casey Bill (2:46)
Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band - It's Tight Like That (2:44)
Carolina Peanut Boys - This Will Bring You Back (3:02)

Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:49)
Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It (2:40)
King David's Jug Band - What's That Tastes Like Gravy (3:04)
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin', Stealin' (2:55)
Jimmie Rodgers & The Louisville Jug Band - My Good Gal's Gone Blues (2:44)
Picaninny Jug Band - Bottle It Up And Go (2:24)
Old Southern Jug Band - Blues, Just Blues, That's All (2:45)


series prod. by Phil Stanton; compiled by Neil Record

notes by Neil Record

World Music Network / Music Rough Guides RGNET1358CD (UK 2017)

= World Music Network / Music Rough Guides RGNET1358LP (US 2018)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 399
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 1012-1013
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 1034
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118775837
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Z. Edward Sigall and Marc van Vuren for additional info / label scan

 


Robert Crumb's 'Heroes Of The Blues' card # 11

 

 

 

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