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Jug Rag​-​Memphis Shakedown

from Back to the Well by Washboard Slim and the BlueLights

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"Jug Rag" was first recorded by the Prairie Ramblers. A studio group, they were one of the first bands to blend country and jazz. Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass, cited them as an early influence and they were one of the last prewar groups to record with a jug.

"Memphis Shakedown" was one of the later efforts of the Memphis Jug Band. The original features the scat vocals of Charlie Burse, who tried to kick the band into the swing age (and whose story is told in “Laughing Charlie” a later song on this CD). We combined the two songs into one, writing the bridge between them, because they were both fiddle tunes from the same era.

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from Back to the Well, released October 1, 2015
J. Langford / Memphis Jug Band

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