Blues
United States
Memphis Jug Band
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About Memphis Jug Band
Hometown
Memphis, TN, United States
Formed
1927
Genre
Blues
One of the definitive jug bands of the 1920s and early '30s, this seminal group was formed by Will Shade in the Beale Street section of Memphis. Shade signed a contract with Victor Records in 1927, and over the next seven years, Shade and the Memphis Jug Band recorded nearly 60 songs for the record label. During this time, a number of musicians passed through the group, including Big Walter Horton, Furry Lewis, and Casey Bill Weldon. Throughout all of the various lineup incarnations, Shade provided direction for the group. The Memphis Jug Band played a freewheeling mixture of blues, ragtime, vaudeville, folk, and jazz, which was all delivered with good-time humor. That loose spirit kept the group and their records popular throughout the early '30s. Shade continued to lead the band in various incarnations until his death in 1966.
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